We, as humans, aren't perfect. We have our imperfections. We have our strengths and our weaknesses. There are five major things that are my imperfections and my weaknesses. Five things that I can work to change. Numbers one, two, and four are things that if I fixed, it would probably make me a happier person and/or improve the stress in my life. Number three is something other people do that stress me out. Number five is just something that my editor struggles with me doing (ha!).

I know I probably make her pull out her hair so that's something I need to fix!

1. Comparing Myself To Others

This my number one because it is the most major. Doing this has ruined relationships and friendships for me. I have lost people because of this. I still haven’t quite figured out how other people do not do that but I would like to learn. It’s so easy to look at another person and wonder why they have something and you don’t. But, it’s not the greatest habit to be doing.

2. Caring What Other People Think

This one is another big one for me. I struggle with what I am wearing and what I do because I care about what people think. I pay some serious attention to someone if they tell me that they don’t like me. Or that they don’t like something about me. It bothers me.

3. Last Minute Plan Changes

Nothing ticks me off more than when someone makes a plan with me and doesn’t follow through because their plan changed...but they didn’t bother to tell me. Or when plans change so late. I am a scheduler. I like when things go according to plan.

4. Saying “no”

This is the biggest thing for me! There is one woman at church that it is very difficult to say “no” to and so you end up volunteering for things that you would never have dream of doing. Or maybe you end up feeling guilty because you said no.

5. Coming up with Odyssey Article Ideas

Obviously, some weeks this is a struggle. There are just so many people that write for The Odyssey that I worry about doing the same topic as another person or that topic being covered too much.