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Are there some things about your personality you wish you could change?

Sometimes I wish I were a nicer person - Occasionally I have a mean, sarcastic streak to me. I can also be very cynical. This is me


I'm not like that all the time, and I like to think I am nice when the occasion calls for it, but certain things just bring out the evil in me.

I am thinking about this right now because I have to go tomorrow to where I used to work and train some ex coworkers. People who are ignorant and useless bring out the worst in me, so all of the bad parts of my personality will be out in full force tomorrow.

What part of your personality would you like to change if you could?
 

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I'm out spoken and don't see the need to mense words very often which leads to run ins with friends and family.

I'm a spendthift, which I am trying to work on as it has gotten me in to so much debt.

I let things bottle up in me until I randomly explode at someone rather than taking things out on the people then need to be taken out on. ANd I do have a terrible temper during those times.

I'm not easily offended except by a few random things and people stumble upon those occasionally then don't understand why I get so upset.

I'm also hard headed and expect too much of myself and others.

The good news is that I'm loyal to a fault and will forgive most things.
 

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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

Sometimes I wish I were a nicer person - Occasionally I have a mean, sarcastic streak to me. I can also be very cynical. This is me
You??????????????????
...that´s not true!
...proff it!
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(Just kidding!)

Originally Posted by AbbysMom

What part of your personality would you like to change if you could?
My shy...
 

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I am and can be far too serious.... It's a good thing, but can also be a bad thing
Ideally, I would like to lighten up a little and have a good laugh every now and then *sigh*
 

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I think the worst part of me, is my lack of self esteem, and the fact that I'm overly sensative. I wish I could just let things roll of my back, and not let things hurt me so much. I think I'm a nice person, but I don't think I'm likable, and I think it's because I'm so sensative and easily hurt.

I also wish I could learn to stand up for myself and to people who are teasing me. I know there is a way to do it, without sounding whiney or hurt, but most of the time I come off exactly the way I don't want to.
 

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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

Are there some things about your personality you wish you could change?
Sometimes I wish I were a nicer person - Occasionally I have a mean, sarcastic streak to me. I can also be very cynical. This is me


I am too nice and people walk all over me. So I wish I could be more like
sometimes.
 

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Oh geez, this list could be long...


I am a very sarcastic person, so, for people who dont know me, they easily get mad at me, but from people who do know me, i get lots of laughs, which of course is no motivation to stop being sarcastic.
And i have to be in one of those "moods" but, I can also be narcissistic and arrogant.
I am not very outward with my emotions. I dont do all the mushy-gushy shnookums crap. I dont usually cry, and I dont get overly excited.
When I am mad, I am very withdrawn. You could walk up to me, look me in the eye, and ask me a question and 9 times out of 10 i probably wont answer you. I think mostly because I do know if I open my mouth whatever comes out is going to be sarcastic and mean.
I am very picky with people. People irritate me veeeery easily. Especially indecisiveness and ignorance, and plain old stupidity.
Most of the time I am the complete opposite of all of that, sometimes not. I wish I was never like any of that.
 

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Are you sure you haven't been describing me??


I am very stubborn and have to have stuff done my way.


I cannot understand if someone does a say, task at work why they cannot do it in the same amount of time I do it. I cannot stand useless people that don't have a spine.

I think I am blunt with people but hubby always says get to the point.


I don't really show alot of emotion (unless its cats)which can be good as I don't take comments said to me personally.

I have a hard time asking for help and accepting complements. This is what I would like to work on and accepting that as long as a project gets done don't worry on how it got done.
 

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Originally Posted by GrayKittenLove

I'm out spoken and don't see the need to mense words very often which leads to run ins with friends and family.

I'm a spendthift, which I am trying to work on as it has gotten me in to so much debt.

I let things bottle up in me until I randomly explode at someone rather than taking things out on the people then need to be taken out on. ANd I do have a terrible temper during those times.

I'm not easily offended except by a few random things and people stumble upon those occasionally then don't understand why I get so upset.

I'm also hard headed and expect too much of myself and others.

The good news is that I'm loyal to a fault and will forgive most things.
Traci,
With very minor tweaking, you could be ME!!!


I understand what you are talking about though above (I think its Sarah?).
I have a particularly mean streak when it comes to weak minded passive aggressive people who are given every chance but come off useless and without backbone. I have to really concentrate at work sometimes to be kind as I work with a woman who will never say what she really means simply to avoid confrontation but blames others when things go wrong...The others happen to be sweet coworkers of mine and so I can't let this go unnoticed.
I call her to task on it....

We have to remember that we all have quirks, weirdness and faults.
But that mostly its all goodness!
 

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Originally Posted by GailC

Are you sure you haven't been describing me??


I am very stubborn and have to have stuff done my way.


I cannot understand if someone does a say, task at work why they cannot do it in the same amount of time I do it. I cannot stand useless people that don't have a spine.

I think I am blunt with people but hubby always says get to the point.


I don't really show alot of emotion (unless its cats)which can be good as I don't take comments said to me personally.

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Ok, Gail, Now I know why I like you...see my post above...

Everything you said above is ALSO me! especially especially especially that third line above! It like you work with me!

I wish you WERE there. Then the place would be run right!
 

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I have worked over the years to try to be a better person. I am more tolerant, kinder, more patient, more outgoing, more thoughtful, less judgemental. But I am still the worst procrastinator. I will do, or say, anything, to other people, or to myself, to get out of doing something right away. I just keep thinking that "later" is a better time to do things. I wish I could fix that.
 

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Originally Posted by CoolCat

....hahahahaha!
...Meagan!...you catch me!



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Thats what I though Mr. 9000+ posts!!!


Originally Posted by GailC

I think I am blunt with people...
Oh yea, another not so desirable trait of mine. I usually dont think before I say stuff... but I never beat around the bush, I say what needs to be said, whether it hurts feelings or not.
 

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I wish I could be more outgoing and confident in public. I would prefer to hide under a table than go about at a gathering being social. I can pretty much count the individuals on my right hand with whom I feel comfortable and confident in our friendship and feel able to be open, most of whom I was blessed with meeting here at tcs. I'm am also rather plagued by insecurity.

Besides that, I'm all the time running late, and I drive my self nuts for that!

I have a rather odd, sometimes sarcastically toned sense of humor that I have to be careful to use only with those who know me well. Otherwise, I am quite often misunderstood.
 

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I wish I could be less negative and pessimistic, I have a problem of always looking on the downside of things and I get brought down very easily.
I wish I wasn't so serious and could lighten up and laugh more at things. I've always wanted to be more outgoing, upbeat and optimistic but I doubt that's ever going to change at my age.

Oh yeah, I wish I wasn't so darn moody! I wish I didn't have such a short attention span and could concentrate better on things. Boy, I would change a lot of things about myself! But I have grown pretty used to being me.
 

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Originally Posted by HopeHacker

I think the worst part of me, is my lack of self esteem, and the fact that I'm overly sensative. I wish I could just let things roll of my back, and not let things hurt me so much. I think I'm a nice person, but I don't think I'm likable, and I think it's because I'm so sensative and easily hurt.

I also wish I could learn to stand up for myself and to people who are teasing me. I know there is a way to do it, without sounding whiney or hurt, but most of the time I come off exactly the way I don't want to.
Hope, you sound exactly like me.
I hate the fact that my self esteem and self confidence is so low. It seems everytime I start to feel good about myself, my confidence gets shaken.

I wish I could be more optimistic as well. I don't like to set myself up for the fall, so I always think the worse of situations. That way, when it doesn't work out, I was prepared and it doesn't hit me as bad (for the most part).
 

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Being moody and taking out my frustrations on the person closest to me. I have a really, really bad way of making everything hubby's fault when really I'm frustrated or angry about something that has nothing to do with him. Like when I'm having a bad week at work...he gets the brunt of it, from my moods to getting the brunt of the blame when a (normally) little thing he does sets me into orbit. *sigh*

And I wish I could...I don't even know what. I wish I could fit more time into my life. More time for me. More time for the websites I do, especially SPA and Save Samoa. More time to actually maintain the few real life friendships I have. More time to do nothing. I don't even know what I could change about that, I just wish I could do more than I do, because I'm forever feeling like I'm not doing enough.
 

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I would love to be more outgoing. I have such a hardtime making friends and meeting new people. Over the years I've become a real introvert. I'm a really kind person but sometimes I don't know what to say to people...I always over analyze everything I do and worry way too much that people won't like me
 
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