12 Things I Hate about Myself
We all have things we don’t like about ourselves, right? Here are 12 things I hate about me.
1. Smilies
I broke myself of using emoticons a few years ago. I felt they weren’t professional. Lately I’m back to using them more than I like. I don’t care about being not professional, but I’m starting to feel like a high school girl. Your thoughts? 
2. Awesome
A client jokingly made fun of me for saying the word awesome all the time. I hadn’t noticed, but I do now. You know what, I really like that word. I am making sure I really mean it when I say it though.
3. Efficiency
I can be too efficient sometimes. It would take me longer to explain how to do a project than to do it myself. That limits me in hiring someone to help.
4. Micro-managing
Do you ever just want things done your way? Marriage has taught me there’s more than one way to do things and I need to accept that my way isn’t always the right way.
5. Can’t dance
Let me rephrase that; when I dance, people laugh, so I’m just assuming I can’t dance. Funny enough, I was part of a dance/singing group in high school. An early Glee club? Christine’s been looking for pictures but they’ve never surfaced.
6. I’m always right
I’m not, but I like to be. I have a feeling I’m not the only one. This drives my wife, Christine, crazy.
7. 80′s songs
While writing this post I’ve had at least five of them jump into my head. They’re not all from the 80′s, but close enough.
In one way or another all of those relate to this post. Don’t ask. What the heck is wrong with me?!?
I worked a lot of retail in high school and college. At some point someone decided 80′s music would be the best background for shoppers.
8.Frugal
Christine calls it cheap, but frugal sounds so much better. The pilot light to our gas fireplace usually stays off because it adds about $4 to our bill each month. Saving money is a good thing, but I usually take it too far. Christine usually hits the wiper blades for me when she can’t see out her side of the windshield. Each pass of those blades wears them down.
9. Lazy
I really am. You might not think so because of all the stuff I have my hands in, but I’ve actually coined a term for it. I call it “efficiently lazy.”
The definition is something along the lines of getting the most amount of work done while expending the least amount of energy. If I wasn’t so lazy I’d come up with a better definition.
10. Pleasing others
Why do I care so much about what other people think? You can see I’m working on that by publishing this list. Shoot, back to working on #1.
11. Love stories
Yeah, I might like them more than Christine. If she’s in tears I’ve probably been there hiding it for a while. I don’t think she’s found out yet.
12. Caring too much
Is this really a problem? I’ve ruthlessly limited the type of people I work with lately. It drives me crazy when clients pay me then don’t do the work I give them. Seriously. Why did you pay me in the first place?
I could never be a counselor. Listening to problems all day would drive me nuts. Time to get over them and do something with your life.
** This isn’t a knock on counseling, so no hate mail, please. I just can’t be one. I know several counselors and they’re changing some serious lives.
I’m not asking you to list what you hate about yourself, but if you’re moved, post away. I’m sure we’ll all make fun of you together.
photo credit bcymet
