I just finished this book. It was quite good. I have always thought I was an extrovert, however I learned that I am somewhere in the middle of being extroverted and introverted. This book gave me a lot to think about like: How do I stay balanced, What are my goals for life, How do I treat others that may be introverted, How about my children, what are their temperaments? I highly recommend this to anyone, who interacts with people. Which is pretty much everyone.
Some things I learned:
I get overwhelmed by the list of tasks I assign myself, even over Spring Break for instance. I had such a long list of to-do’s. I am almost done with one whole week of my break and haven’t even cracked the surface of my list, but I am letting myself off the hook. I am not being lazy, instead of telling myself that I didn’t get enough done in my day, I count up ten things I DID get done. That is a much happier way to live, because I DO get a lot done.
Like Today: I got up, worked out for an hour, went to the school and worked in my garden for awhile, then I came home and folded about TEN or MORE loads of laundry, made myself a healthy lunch, did dishes, then I was tired so I took a nap, I woke up did more laundry, I ran to the store to get some things for Aydan’s 9th Birthday party tomorrow, I came home..oh I ate chick fil a it was yummy, then I baked cupcakes, I ironed a lot of clothes, Went to Unasian Daddy Long Legs and cleaned out the camper with her from our trip, Oh yeah, I did my budget to find out what bills I had and what I could save, went on a walk, took out the garbage and now I am writing.
Instead of beating myself up because I didn’t:
- get my taxes done
- clean out my closet
- sweep and mop the floor
- clean my bathroom
- go through Aydan’s clothes to get rid of the too small/worn out ones
- go to the mall to get makeup..I am clean OUT
- hang the collage pictures up in the hall that have been down since the house was painted
- I would like to have well rounded children, so how do I do this? I need to give them opportunities to be well rounded that fit with their temperaments. I want them to experience and live life and have confidence. I want my children to be happy and successful adults. How do I go about doing this for them?
- I love, love, love being a teacher but I have a secret desire to get a masters degree in Art History. I would love to teach Art History at a community college. OR I would love to be a counselor, I would love to work with people and help them have joy and to understand who they really are to see how great they really are!
- I would like to be remarried, I would love to have more babies, or maybe just one more baby. This isn’t in my control though so, I guess I will just roll with life for now.
- I want to see more of the world, I love to travel so much.
- I want to accept myself for who I am, and be the happiest best person I can be. (I actually feel pretty good about this one)
- I would love to play my violin like I used too, I need to start small..almost re-learn it.
- I would love to take dance lessons, art lessons..painting, pottery I love to learn new things.
- I am a curious person, so I want to live a life of curiosity learning new things.
- I want to live a healthy, balanced life.