5 Thing I Wish Everyone Knew About Me

1. Sometimes your well-meant comments about my life hurt my feelings.
I would consider myself a positive person. I lead a happy life, and I don't let a lot of things get to me. Every once in a while, however, someone who has the best intentions says something which they mean in the best of ways, and it hits me where it hurts. These kinds of things travel, and being the people pleaser that I am, when I hear someone is disappointed in me, it's a tough blow to take.

2. Falling for the "wrong" person is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
It's time to address the elephant in the room. Kman is not a member of the same church I am. For a lot of people that was, and still is, a tough pill to swallow. Having said that, our relationship is ours. We work through our troubles just like anyone else, and we're gonna be okay. He's one of my closest and dearest friends and I fall for him over and over again every single day. I would like to say I appreciate all the unsolicited advice I've gotten, but I don't. In fact, it really bothers me. I don't know if other people in different kinds of relationships get it too, but I can tell you that from my perspective it doesn't come across well. I still believe in a personal life, despite this incredibly open and "social" world. If I ask, let me have it. If not, please don't.

3. I'm not the same person I was in high school. I for one, am really glad this is true. Going to college, and then moving out into the big wide world helped me grow into the person I am today. In my eyes, that person is much more accepting and understanding than the girl in high school. I want different things and I live my life differently than I did then. In someways I'm softer and more open. In others, I have stronger opinions. I grew up. It happens.

4. I'm extremely proned to doing things because I'm comfortable, not because it's the best option.
Habits are easier to keep than to break. I don't like I contention so I'd rather stay at a job that doesn't fill all my needs than go for an awesome opportunity that will benefit me later. I get stuck a lot. It takes a little push from that thing called life for me to get going, but I have to do it on my own. I'm also extremely stubborn, and won't let anyone else change it for me.

5. I apologize way too much, but not in the right ways.
This one is a work in progress, but I tend to apologize for things even when it's not my fault. I'm trying to stop this, because I've found that "sorry" is coming more as a reflex than as an actual apology when it is my fault. I want my word to mean something, and my apology to be more than a tagline.