O.K. I’ll admit it.
I am high-maintenance.
I’ve always known this on some level, but I didn’t understand/admit to it because I am very self-sufficient. I figured, I can’t be high-maintenance if I am self-sufficient. Yes, I like things to be done in a particular way. Put in a particular place. Performed at a particular time.
Different foods cannot touch each other…
Yep, I’m a control freak.
This is why I get along so well with Border Collies – we appreciate each others’ quirks and understand boundaries.
For the longest time I truly thought of a high-maintenance person to be one that creates more work for me (how self-centered is that?). Non self-sufficient individuals needing to be babied through everything, yet are still very particular. Now these individuals create more work for me and that is not alright, because I’m already enough work. I mean, come on, things must be done just right.
So, I found myself venting about some high-maintenance individuals at work today, because, Just search a little on your own, first, please. And, You know how I’ve told you how to do this 3 times already, please listen and utilize my words. I cannot do everything for you.
So I vent and coworker smiles. Looks at me and says, “Because you’re not high-maintenance at all.” [insert sarcasm font- someone please make this ASAP]
Whatchu talking ’bout?! I am extremely self-sufficient (because I have to be and it is just me- I have to do it so it’s just right) And I’m flexible (in my approach)- I have to be. I’ve grown up training dogs and we have to be flexible in our processes. There’s not a scientific recipe that works every time. Flexible, but still very much type A. So, flexible in my approach, not so flexible in my goal.
Oh hey- this is probably why Epic’s injury was so emotionally tolling on me: End goals were changed.
Yeah… self-sufficient is not an antonym for high-maintenance.
So I’ve been thinking, There’s two types of high-maintenance individuals: Those who are self-sufficient and those who are not. Trait they share: all of these things on the list must get done (most likely in a particular way). Trait differentiating the two: Those that do all of those things themselves, and those that rely on someone else to do them.
And then you have the low-maintenance individuals that seem to lack attention to detail and just add things to my to-do list because of complete obliviousness to their surroundings.
Surprise: these drive me nuts, too.
If you pile dishes on top of each other in the dishwasher, it can’t do its job.
I must admit, though, I strive for balance. I need it. If I get to caught up in worrying about how others are affecting me, I sure can become a dark cloud. #Haitlin
I’m getting better about taking a step back and asking myself, does it really matter? Will the world still turn if it doesn’t get done just right?
Yes, yes it will.
As for the ridiculous pile of dishes in the dishwasher, I’m still working on letting that go.
Lookout Agility 