Seven Personality Traits

I was reading Debby's blog and she had a meme posted in which you describe seven personality traits, so I thought I'd play along. It's not as easy as it might seem. What are my dominant personality traits?

1. Love of variety and exploring new things - this is the trait that comes to mind about myself first. I get bored easily and love trying new things.

2. Optimistic and lucky. These two items go together for me. Luck has played such a role for me in getting to where I am - probably equal to hard work. When people say fortunate circumstances or luck didn't play a role at all in their success, I think they are a bit ungrateful to the things that have worked in their favor behind the scenes. I feel like you can "make your own luck" by keeping a good attitude and staying open to the gifts that life can bring your way. (Wow, did that sound sappy or what? "Irreverent smart-ass" should be on the list.)

3.Spontaneous/like going with the flow. This one has really developed over time - it's a learned behavior from hanging around with Jim for the past fourteen years :)

4. Hate to feel tied down or trapped - see #3. I really don't like feeling like I have no choices.

5. Fun-loving - sometimes too much so. I can overdo it sometimes.

6. In contrast to #5, I also need quiet "alone time". I don't think it makes me an introvert, per se, but I need to balance "people time" with "quiet time" in order to feel centered.

7. Intuitive - I often know things about people or situations without knowing how I know it. The logical side of myself has questioned this in the past, but I've learned to go with this and "trust that little voice". I believe that there is much more to life than what you see on the surface, and I am pretty spiritual/New Agey despite my exterior veneer. I strongly believe in karma and making a conscious effort to do the most good you can for others in every situation. I don't succeed all the time, as my snarky tendencies get in the way sometimes, but I do make an effort. I believe with all my heart that you get back whatever you put out into the universe tenfold, both positive and negative. A bit of a tangent there...that should all probably be another trait.

Comments

[Jenny]

I can see all of those! I'm so with you on the Karma. I want to chuckle when I see bad things happen to shitty people, and they can't figure out why they have such "bad luck." But if I laugh, that will bring bad things my way, so I resist. ;)

[Arizona]

Very interesting. I don't like being tied down and feeling like I have no choices, either. It kept me from having kids for a while. After I had kids I realized it didn't really tie me down, but it did limit some choices for a while. Now I'm raising kids who don't like to be tied down...lol!

I agree about creating your own luck. Hard work and an open mind creates luck, imo.

[Debby]

Thanks for sharing -- isn't it hard to figure out what you want to post? It took me a while.

I can really relate, esp. to your #1, 6, & 7. I've been kind of bored lately and am trying new things here and there just for the fun of it. If I had thought of your need for quiet time, I would have posted that too. I need maybe more time than most people to journal or knit or do something to re-center myself.

As to #7, I believe the same thing in a maybe more Biblical sense of "what you reap, you sow" -- if you say and do good, you will reap that back in your own life. The opposite too. None of us are perfect at it, but I believe effort and good intentions count too. :)

[Carol]

I definitely agree with number 2. Luck does play a part. But must also remember that you'make your own luck'to some degree.

[Kat]

I think you're my twin LOL! I could have written those exact 7 personality traits. In fact, with number 7, I'm currently dealing with a very heavy "feeling", kind of like precognition/premonition issues about a certain person I met in the past month. It's really bogging me down too. Just trying to deal with it the best I can at this point. This woman gives me such a negative aura/cloud/feeling, one that I haven't felt in 10 years. The last feeling like this I listened to and everything turned out well. If hadn't, my son could have died. So yeah, I listen to my very strong intuition/premonition feelings.