Planning
Planning a vacation is suprisingly difficult... well I guess not so suprising if you knew me very well. It would not be difficult for someone who plans things out regularly and has a schedule ... you know, "normal people." I, on the other hand, and not one of those. My idea of planning is putting on my shoes to go to the store, or googling directions to somewhere I want to go. Once I get there I'm never really sure what to do next. I don't write out grocery lists and I rarely look up the hours of which the stores are actually open. Which I'm sure would really piss off some people who are planners. You know the kind of people who always get up at the same time every morning, eat the same thing for breakfast, take a shit at the same time every day. The Planners.
I'm sure this lack of planning -- or rather lack of liking to plan has been the downfall of at least one of the romantic relationships in my life.
I guess it's for the best though. I can always go along for the ride when someone else is in the driver's seat. The least the other person can do is recipricate that. Granted I may get a little "distracted" (ie lost) along the way -- but I eventually get to my destination. Even if I have to fly from NYC to Vegas in order to get to Atlanta. I still get to atlanta in the end. I like to think of this as the "scenic route" in life.
Considering my sever avoidance of anything that looks like planning -- my parents should be really really proud that I ended up graduating in four years -- and with and engineering degree no less.
The only confusion to this tid bit of my personality -- is that it only applies to my personal life. My professional life is oddly full of planning and follow through. I'm rather good at both planning scheduling and managing my time wisely at work. Oddly my personal life lacks this organizational quality. Though at work there is always a slight element of "flying by the seat of my pants." Which I like to think of as "daring" and "willing to take risks."
The problem is not all of these risks are calculated risks. For some reason these risks often include very dumb things like making a snappy come back to the CEO! or making a whitty remark that is a little *too* stinging. I'm not very good at hiding things back -- if I'm peeved -- usually you'll know it. Unless I"m peeved at you -- then you won't. Don't ask me why girls do shit like this -- it's just how it is.
I'm sure this lack of planning -- or rather lack of liking to plan has been the downfall of at least one of the romantic relationships in my life.
I guess it's for the best though. I can always go along for the ride when someone else is in the driver's seat. The least the other person can do is recipricate that. Granted I may get a little "distracted" (ie lost) along the way -- but I eventually get to my destination. Even if I have to fly from NYC to Vegas in order to get to Atlanta. I still get to atlanta in the end. I like to think of this as the "scenic route" in life.
Considering my sever avoidance of anything that looks like planning -- my parents should be really really proud that I ended up graduating in four years -- and with and engineering degree no less.
The only confusion to this tid bit of my personality -- is that it only applies to my personal life. My professional life is oddly full of planning and follow through. I'm rather good at both planning scheduling and managing my time wisely at work. Oddly my personal life lacks this organizational quality. Though at work there is always a slight element of "flying by the seat of my pants." Which I like to think of as "daring" and "willing to take risks."
The problem is not all of these risks are calculated risks. For some reason these risks often include very dumb things like making a snappy come back to the CEO! or making a whitty remark that is a little *too* stinging. I'm not very good at hiding things back -- if I'm peeved -- usually you'll know it. Unless I"m peeved at you -- then you won't. Don't ask me why girls do shit like this -- it's just how it is.
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