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Friday, May 24, 2013
Blog Every Day in May - Ugh! The Bad Stuff! Shh, It's a Secret!
Day 24, Friday: Your top 3 worst traits
This prompt is asking me to write the bad stuff about me. Surely your not going to believe I have any bad traits. You all think I'm perfect ? Right?
So I will tell you a story and you can pretend it is about someone else. You can do that, can't you?
First off, I am a procrastinator, I like to think it is because I work best under pressure. Really it's because I just put things off. Sometimes I put things off because I think I am not going to be able to do it that well, so if I put it off maybe something will change and I won't have to do it at all. When I finally attempt the task it is easier to do than I expected and I wonder why I didn't just do it earlier. By putting things off they cause way more stress. If I had just gotten it done I would have saved myself the stress.
I am seeing this trait in my son and I am trying to get him to look at things differently. I told him I try to set my own deadlines. If something has to be done by Friday, I set a deadline to have it done by Wednesday. That helps!
I have mentioned before that I can be a control freak, that's not such a great trait. It can be annoying to many people, myself included. If I am controlling things it means that I don't trust other people to complete something. So if I have to do my job and watch over everyone else doing their job then I am taking on way to much. If I could just assign tasks and trust everyone to hold up their weight and complete their task successfully, I would have less stress.
I talk too much! I am not going to write about it, because I would end up talking too much about it. Maybe that why I enjoy blogging, it gives my a chance to speak uninterrupted. I can say anything I
want!
So I guess these traits are not totally secret, but, really, can you keep this info to yourself? The less people who know these things the better!
Seriously, I should work on these things, but will I?
Do you have some traits that you don't like about yourself?
Number one was my greatest problem. Specific chores at home and work were put off, and it made things worse. I changed my thinking one day, and the chores I would put off—I now do first. Three decades later I still do so.
I have some of those traits too, I tend to procrastinate. I don't talk too much which is a good thing since my husband never stops talking lol A trait I don't like about myself, I'm in the words of others a "neat freak." I can't stand clutter, I will be clearing the dishes almost before people are finished eating. Again my husband is the opposite he could live like a bad episode of hoarders! Have a great long weekend!
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Definitely a fellow control freak here, for sures. LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of a control freak too. I would rather do jobs myself so I know it's done to my standard. How bad is that? Must work harder on this. x
ReplyDeleteA fellow procrastinator here. Definitely a hard habit to break.
ReplyDeleteNumber one was my greatest problem. Specific chores at home and work were put off, and it made things worse. I changed my thinking one day, and the chores I would put off—I now do first. Three decades later I still do so.
ReplyDeleteI have some of those traits too, I tend to procrastinate. I don't talk too much which is a good thing since my husband never stops talking lol A trait I don't like about myself, I'm in the words of others a "neat freak." I can't stand clutter, I will be clearing the dishes almost before people are finished eating. Again my husband is the opposite he could live like a bad episode of hoarders! Have a great long weekend!
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