Describe 5 strengths and weaknesses you have.
Strengths:
1. I am a loyal and caring friend. I don't have a ton of friends, but I am always there for the friends I do have and I treasure them so very much. When I was younger, I wasn't always the best friend and didn't always value my friends as much as I should. However, several things happened after college that really made me realize who my friends were and how important they are.
2. I am dependable. When I say that I'm going to do something, I am going to do it. Being someone that people can count on is important to me. Honestly, it's been one of the challenging things about being pregnant: my memory is horrible these days and I forget things, but I try my best still to be someone that other people can count on.
3. I am open minded. I am willing to try and accept new things without too much resistance. Sometimes I know that it might not seem like it, but I am open to new ideas...I'm just not a fan of change for the sake of change. I am willing to try new foods, new recipes, new places, new styles...however, I worry with new styles that I don't know what looks good or not. I'm always willing to get people a chance, though I'm not as generous with second chances.
4. I am friendly. While I talked in my last blog post about how I don't have a lot of friends, I am a friendly person. I try and greet people with a smile and a friendly greeting. I'm not an outgoing person, so I might not strike up a conversation with someone randomly, but if we are in a situation where we are near each other or cross paths, I will be friendly. I am also a hugger with people when I know them well. For my friends, I always have a warm hug, if they are huggy people.
5. I am an organized person. Now, as you will soon find out, I'm not always organized with all the stuff around me, but I am still an organized person. I make to do lists and mark off things as they are finished. When I am packing for a trip (be it a trip to California or a trip to the hospital to deliver my beloved baby girl), I make lists of things that need to packed. I focus on the details and make sure that all the little things are taken care of. I keep my things pretty well organized, but I know that I don't always do a good job with stuff as I do with my brain.
Weaknesses:
1. I am impatient. I don't like waiting for things. When a box comes in the mail, I want to open it right away, which isn't always a good thing, especially around holidays. I don't like waiting to do things. If I want to do something, I want to do it right then. When I understand something and know what I need to do, I don't like waiting. When I am learning something new, I want to know and understand it right away. I hate it when I can't master something as quickly as I would like.
2. I am a perfectionist. Yes, I know, some people would view this as a strength and sometimes I do, but I see the weakness it in as being stronger. I want to be perfect in everything I do, but when I can't be perfect or struggle with being perfect or understanding what is necessary to be perfect, I get frustrated and sometimes give up or feel like I'll never be able to do it perfectly so why bother. It will sometimes stop me from trying things that are difficult for me.
3. I am a procrastinator. I have a really bad tendency to put things off until the last minute. I wait until the last minute to grade my papers, usually Sunday night. I will find others things to keep me occupied rather than do the things that I know need to be done. I still get things done, but I end up doing a lot of things frantically at the last minute instead of in the hours or days of time that I had before the due date.
4. I am a stress eater. This has been a problem that I've had for as long as I can remember. It has lead to many of my weight issues. When a situation is high stress, I crave all sorts of junk food and too often indulge those cravings.
5. I am a worrier. I worry about all sorts of things. Your dad laughs at me because I worry about a lot of things that show up in my dreams. I worry about things happening to the house: the basement flooding, insect infestations, leaks in the roof, etc. and then I have dreams about those things happening. I worry about you and whether you will be healthy and happy. I worry about medical issues with the whole family. I worry about not being good enough at my job. I worry about money and whether we will have enough of it to retire and be able to do the things we want to do. As you can tell, I worry about just about everything.
So those are five of my strengths and weaknesses. It is sad to admit that I was able to come up with my weaknesses so much easier than my strengths, which would probably lead to a 6th weakness, which is that I'm really hard on myself. I'm working on that one.
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