Is my Type A personality a bad thing?
One of mine and Kyle’s biggest struggles, even now – is my drive. Not every day but some days he will tell you that I’m crazy. That I stress to much, try to hard and tackle to many challenges at one time.
I have done a ton of soul searching on this topic and some days I agree with him. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have so much on my plate and could just relax and enjoy a little bit of nothingness.
But to be honest… Honest with you. Honest with Kyle. Honest with myself…. Accomplishment drives me. It makes me feel like me and no one is happy when I don’t feel like me. I love to have lots and lots of balls in the air and I LOVE to accomplish my goals.
Deep in the fiber of me is the belief that it is important to get things done. And to be passionate about everything that I touch. At the end of the day, superstars win and I want to win.
The real challenge for me is balance. How do I manage all of the stuff and still make time to be a great mom, an invested friend and a worthy co-parent…. The following are a few practices that I am implementing in my life to try to add balance. As my friends fell free to put me in check when you see me slipping.
1 – Focus – this means I have to pick and prioritize, not everything can be number 1
2 – Set goals – this means I benchmark and hold myself accountable, if a particular project is not delivering returns then it needs to be reevaluated
3 – Aim for greatness – life is to short to not focus on great, it’s not worth doing if I’m aiming for mediocrity
4 – Be resilient – the most important stuff is usually the hard stuff, I’ll never be great if I can’t get back up
What about you? What are you doing to make the most of you life? Let me know in the comments.
Ferg_e
3 Responses to “Is my Type A personality a bad thing?”
I am with you on the type A. It drives my husband nuts. Funny thing is he is too but doesn’t see it. I have OCD and ADD which I think is part of how I got there myself. I have trouble keeping perspective until I get to a breaking point. :( To make the most of life, I am trying to be a good mom and give my boys happy memories of their childhood.
Hey Jill -
I love the title of your blog! A “sublime life” is soooo what I want to provide for Bradyn and myself. ;)
It’s funny, I’m with you in theory but my reasoning feels a little different. I load myself with things to do because the feeling of needing to get “the next thing” done motivates me to get “this thing” done. Does that make sense? The less I have to do, the more I seem to slack off.