When people imagine their children, they often picture how they will look and what sort of personality they will have. Most people expect their children to possess traits similar to their own. Good qualities are wished for and bad ones are wished against. I've been thinking about the traits I possess recently. Maybe it's because the new year gets us thinking about what we want to improve. Maybe it is simply because I have been quite reflective lately. Who knows. There are many traits I have that I would love my children to develop, and there are a good amount of traits I hope they aren't cursed with. Want to know what some of these things are? Read on!
Qualities I have that I would be glad to see my children possess:
- Cooking skills- In the age of processed food, cooking is going to become more and more rare, and I find that sad.
- Aspects of my OCD- Being organized is a good thing.
- A decent grasp on grammar concepts- I refuse to 'chatspeak', 'textspeak', or any other concept of the sort. Real words are happy things.
- Conversation skills- I can talk to people when needs be. Sometimes I have to push myself to do, such as over the phone, but I can be an interesting conversationalist, at least in my opinion.
- A desire to to good- I just want to help people. I don't always do everything I should to help, but I would like to make a difference.
- Honesty- I don't like to lie to people. Honestly is really the best policy.
- Rule following- I don't put my hands up on roller coasters. I don't drive higher than the speed limit. Call me crazy, but I honestly believe we have rules for a reason.
- Aspects of my OCD- Yes, this is on both lists. Organized is good, but I can take things too far.
- Yo-Yo self esteem- Sometimes I love myself, and sometimes I completely hate myself. I realize most people probably do this, but I'm seriously all over the place.
- Intermittent shyness- I go through stages where I'm much more shy than I should be. I'm not naturally a shy person, but sometimes I make myself be shy...it's hard to explain.
- Phobias- I would like to think of myself as fearless, but I'm definitely not. I have panic-attack inducing fears, not fun.
- Bluntness-This goes hand in hand with the honesty on the other list, I'm sometimes a bit more frank than is desirable. At times it's good, at times it is very, very bad.
- Cynicism- I tend to think everything is bad and evil. I should try to see more happy things in the world.
And, I do hope the next one has my eyes.
P.S. Juliet's first Christmas went well, but everyone blogs about Christmas.
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