List 5 Strengths you have.
(To get caught up on 30 Things and know what it is all about start here.)
My inspiration for this set of posts comes from a great blog called Hopes & Dreams, you should really check her out.
I am organized
sometimes obsessively so. My shared living spaces (kitchen, bath, living room) I tend to keep in order, tidy and neat. Seriously my movies are sorted by genre and then alphabetical. My bedroom on the other hand is a total disaster (although my closet is very orderly). I can’t really explain why but it is. My office space thought that is where I get really bad. Things are color coded, arranged in chronological order, ect. I am a bit out of control, I have a strange obsession with office supply things. I am the same way at work. I actually get upset when my boss tries to do the filing because it is all out of place (at least in my mind) and I usually end up redoing it anyway. Oh and I have lists for everything. My phone is full of them, I have them on sticky notes on my desk, on my roommates desk, on the fridge just everyplace.
I can set goals for my self and work to achieve them
I love to travel, as I am sure some of you have realized. I am more that willing to cut back and tighten the belt when necessary to achieve the goal of where I want to go and when. There are times when I have to remind my self that I work to have a life I don’t live to work but when it comes to seeing and traveling the world I am all for it. I leave for Belize in just 2 short months and I can’t wait. This trip has been a year in planning and I am so ready for it. Now this does not only relate to traveling but it is a big motivator for me, but I have also just got my new car…and I am currently working to pay down more of my credit cards as well as house and job hunting for a place in Portland.
I can make people laugh
I have a great sense of humor (at least I think so) and once I open up to people I tend to keep people laughing. I can often break up tension with some well placed sarcasm and get things rolling once again. I enjoy making others laugh as it is good for the soul.
I have emotional fortitude
I can and am strong. I don’t often let my emotions get the best of me, I can stomp them down and keep on trucking when needed. Be the rock and shoulder for others to cry on. Don’t get me wrong I am not saying that things don’t get to me they do, I just tend to break down later when I am along and everyone else is taken care of. For instance when my very good friend Sara died when we were in college, I helped to clean out her dorm room, pick out her clothing to be laid to rest in, made the play list of songs to be played at her funeral, did photo boards to have at her service, spoke at her wake, drove the group of us around to everything and always had Kleenex in my pocket for others. But never once I did I break down, I took care of those who did. It gave me strength to see that others were well cared for and I was able to continue to be strong for them. I did have my break down but it was later after everyone else was safe and cared for.
I am patient and have a really strong work ethic.
I am not sure if this is born of my desire to avoid conflict or if that is done because I am so patient. But none the less there it is. I can put up with a lot before it gets to me, so I guess this goes hand in hand with the above mention of emotional fortitude. I work with people everyday who are needy, whinny and demanding but you just keep smiling and listening with 1/2 an ear to their stories and complaints. I also tend to take a lot of crap from my bosses, a lot of extra duties that are not part of my job or complaints that something was done wrong or not done at all (that was not my responsibility) I deal and just keep on keeping on.
For tomorrow I get to write about: If I was an animal what would I be and why?
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