When we are younger, we always seem to come across every single type of person. From the perfectionist to the dare devil, we meet everyone in sight. As children, we develop our personalities day by day and each one seems to be a little more different until you become the person you were meant to be. For me, I was always the bossy kid. Always telling people what to do and where to go while getting the thrill of being in charge. I always had to know what everyone was doing and quickly had to take charge. I guess that is why I enjoyed theater so much as a child. I loved to be the center of attention.
As the bossy kid, I would usually decide what game we would play or where we would go that day. I would initiate the plan and stick by it as best as I could. I would make sure everything was perfect and my work would always get an A. Now that I'm thinking about it, I definitely had OCD as a child. I was always reminded that I was bossy from others around me. I knew I developed that trait, but I did not seem to mind. This is probably why I don't mind now when people continue to tell me that I am extremely controlling and bossy. I wish other girls would feel the same way I did when I was little and not care about what others say, but sadly most don't and they shut their mouths instead of being just as bossy as I was.
Minus all the perfection stuff, being the bossy kid definitely made me a better person. It made me more prepared to take charge in the real world. It gave me the strength to be a leader and did not hold me back from doing what I love. I value being the bossy kid just as much as I value any other trait. This may seem like a bad thing, but in my eyes it is totally not!
My most obvious example of my bossiness coming in handy has to be while I was student directing in high school. If I was not a bossy kid when I was younger and developed the leadership skills I had through my bossy ways, I would have no idea how to direct young actors and actresses. I wouldn't know where to go, what to do, or how to yell at many people at once (oops). The shows would not be the same if I had no leadership skills through my previous bossy behavior. I truly appreciated it more than anything in that moment.
Overall, I can't seem to say I have seen another kid as bossy as I was when I was little, but when I do, I will congratulate her. She deserves to be a leader. She deserves to know how much of a leader she can be and she needs to remember that nothing can bring her down because being the bossy kid will help her more than hurt her.
