My Favorite Thing About Myself
I’m pretty good at thinking of ways that I’m not quite good enough. Lame superpower, I know.
Today, I want to focus on my favorite thing about myself: my willingness to try.
It seems that I don’t know when I can’t. I’m not sure who I have to thank for this… the Girl Scouts, perhaps?
I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m not an athlete. This didn’t stop me from saying “Yes” when friends asked if I wanted to join them in the Hustle up the Hancock or ballet classes at the Joffrey. I join my sister in random 5-Ks whenever she suggests we need mobile bonding time. What’s the worst that could happen?
Last Fall, I convinced some people to join me in a jam-making class. Since then, I’ve learned that jaming’s not my jam, but pickling sure is. There are so many things to pickle! I can guarantee you that I’ll be trying a lot of them.
I’m a mad try-hard when it comes to crafts.
I bought a sewing machine on a whim. Seriously. I had no business buying a sewing machine. Since then I’ve made several pillow covers. Two Christmases ago, I decided to make a Snuggie for my sister’s cat. It never occurred to me that I couldn’t make a cat-Snuggie. (Though some may argue that it should have occurred to me that I shouldn’t make a cat-Snuggie).
Will had an ugly chair from a certain well-known Swedish home store. He asked me if I could reupholster it. I said “of course!”
I saw a telephone table on Craigslist and swooped it up faster than you can say “wood stain”. My power sander came in the mail last night.
If I mess up (and believe me, world-o-crafters, I mess up), I just make it into something else. Scrap fabric eventually finds its way into a quilt I’m mending. I’m a firm believer in painting over the ugly and trying again.
I suppose it’s just easy for me to see how little I have to lose by trying. Aside from the sewing machine, I’m not spending big bucks on these endeavors.
Anyway, join me! What is your favorite thing about yourself?
I can already assure you that “Two Christmases ago, I decided to make a Snuggie for my sister’s cat” is the best sentence any of us will read today.
Um, one of my favorite thing about myself is that I’m very even-tempered. Whether scared, stressed, angry, etc. I keep it together. Cool as a cucumber.
This is a delightful post! I definitely could list a whole bunch of least-favorite things about myself, but it took me some solid thought to come up with my favorite thing about myself: my compassion. Thanks for posting this, because I needed some introspection today!
I think most of us can think of bad things more easily… kind of sad, but that’s how most of us (well, me at least) are. Compassion is a wonderful skill!
That’s a good question.
There are plenty of things I like about myself, but my favorite thing?
My perseverance, I think. I handle things. Sure, I get stressed like anyone, I have my bad moments. But mostly I get through the hard times with a sense of perspective, I stay on a fairly even keel, I can see the big picture and appreciate the good bits. I don’t give up on jobs, on people, on making things work. I try to have a sense of inner strength and knowing that things generally work out for the best.
Cheesy, maybe.
Not cheesy! I wish I had more of that skill. I freak out (briefly) and then calm down and do things.
This is a great post! Love to focus on this you love about yourself. Mine may be my persistance…. which is some times not a good thing, but usually is
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