What You Want to Know (Part 3)

 What are you like as a person? 

I think this is the hardest question to answer.  A big reason I started this blog is because I don't feel like my personality comes across in my profile, as hard as I tried.  I threw my heart into it, so I do feel like it's true to me, but I also feel like that's only one part of me.

Hopefully by reading this you get a better feel for who I am.

A few things: 

I'm an introvert.  I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, and doing things, but I do best when I have time to myself afterwards to recover.  I've managed to train my friends and family to know that I'm happy to do whatever they need on Monday through Saturday, but Sundays are my day to stay home and recover from too much people-ness.  (It also gives me a day to do all of the house cleaning and other chores that I don't get to during the week.)  

I like teaching people.  If I know something, I like helping others learn how to do something, or just helping them on their own learning path.  My favorite part of work is when someone new comes in and I get to help guide them on how to learn insurance.  

I like helping others.  I mentioned in my profile that I'm the backup-backup-tech person at the office, and that's still true.  It makes me feel good when I'm able to go in and fix someone's monitors or swap out a cable so that they can get on with their day.  I am definitely the type to put my shopping cart back, and to hold the door for people who are coming behind me.  (Though it does drive me crazy when men just refuse to go through a door because a woman is holding it open for them.)

I have no fashion sense, and never have.  Jeans and a shirt are good enough for me- unless i can get away with wearing PJ pants!  I grow my hair out until I get tired of it, then chop off 10 inches or more, pretty much on a whim.  (I've donated my hair to Wigs for Kids and similar organizations at least four times.  Right now my hair is long enough to reach my elbows, so I'm probably due again soon.)  I don't usually bother with makeup- it's expensive and I just don't have a talent for dealing with it.  

If you're a personality profile type of person, I am "Green" on the Insights profile.  The profile I took was sponsored by my workplace, but I was very surprised by how accurately it describes me in my work life and in my personal life.  The category is called Earth Green, and the idea that it picks out some of your general energies, and helps you relate to others by pointing out their energies and preferences.  Green means I tend towards being introverted and more of a feeler than a thinker, both of which are very true to me.  Specifically I fall into the "Supporter" category, which is, I feel, dead on.  (In short - Can't we all just get along?)

Obviously I'm more motivated to tell you about my good side, but I do have some bad habits that I'll admit to.  

If it something important to me, and I feel like I'm right, then you will never change my mind.  Change the subject and move on, because I am digging in and it would take the end of the world to change my mind.  This is not something that comes up all that often- I'm generally fairly easy going, particularly at work and in social situations.  But my parents could tell you stories!!

I am not very good at confrontation.  I will try to avoid it, and when I have to have it, I tend to get emotional and can't express myself well in the moment.  (Leading to replays in my mind for years and years afterwards where I deliver a stinging retort or a brilliant argument that would have swayed the other party in the moment.)

On the annoying but less important side of things- I let the dishes pile up in the sink.  I know, I know, it's a lazy habit, but when the dishwasher is clean it's such an annoying chore to unload it, so I put it off.  

I'm not the worlds best housekeeper.  I've gotten much better in my new house, since all the important stuff is on the main floor, but I may go a bit too long in between vacuuming.  (It helps that Mom and Dad live so close- my mother has no hesitation in saying that I'm a slob if she sees the house looking a bit too rough for her approval.)

I'm sure there are other things about me that I should mention, but it's really hard to figure out what is important enough to bring up.  Please feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to know more.  There's a link to my profile at the top of this page, and you can contact me through Lifelong by going to the bottom of that profile.