I’ve always had two different personalities: That one that is goal oriented and knows what needs to be done (let's call her My G), and then the one who is laid back (let's call her My L). They never seem to agree on anything. They got into a particularly trying argument during finals week when the other just would not sit down to study.
“See, I’ve been trying to warn you about this.” Motions at the spread of papers all over the table. G is always on top of things.
“Well, I thought I had it under control.” My L counters in defense.
“Obviously… And how is that going for you?”
My L's eyes roll. “You know very well how that is going. Why do you even ask?”
“Mostly for emphasis, really.”
“Thanks for that.” (I’m not much help to myself at times.)
“The final is in the morning. You sure waited until the absolute last minute to study.” Both sides have a remarkably sassy side, but My G's really come out when taunting about things she was right about.
“I had other things to worry about.”
“You mean you Netflix to watch?” (Oh, so important. I’m really convinced now. She thinks within myself.)
“That’s not all I’ve been doing!”
“Are you sure about that? You watched seven episodes yesterday…”
“I was congratulating myself on finishing the last test.” I felt like I had performed quite well on that one. My L loves congratulating myself.
“That was very unproductive of you. You have priorities to sort out, darling. You're always putting the least important things imaginable before the tasks at hand."
“How is it that I can disagree with myself so much? You and I are never on the same page.” My L also has a tendency to be more emotional while the other seems to focus more on logic.
“That’s because you only worry about what you WANT to do. I consider what needs to be done.” (G)
“But you don’t leave ANY room for fun! It’s not fair.” So uptight all the time! (L)
“Without me, you’d me a failing mess, you would!” My G is getting more frustrated as the conversation goes on. Why can I not talk any sense into her?
“No way… I’d get it done eventually.”
“It takes everything in me to get you to finish the night BEFORE something is due. When would it get done if you didn’t have my pestering to remind you?”
“Well I… you have a point there. But I..” My L loses the lead in the argument and starts grasping for words.
“Exactly. No more distractions for you. I forbid it.”
“But this will be really quick. Just going to run to the coffee shop.”
“No! You just started five minutes ago.”
“But I…”
“You will fail this test if you don’t study.”
“Fine…” My L says with a pout.
“Wait, what? Why is our body getting up?” I thought I had finally talked some sense into her My G says.
“It’ll be really quick. I promise I’ll study when I get back.”
They still haven’t quite learned how to get along. I’m working on them though. Hopefully they will figure it out by next semester, but I seriously doubt it.
