i accidentally stabbed myself with our big chefs knife this morning when slicing watermelon. it isn't a deep or severe wound by any means but it's in a tender spot and i feel slightly admonished for my reckless nature.
perhaps it was due to the weather, or perhaps it was due to the time of year, but there were only 3 storytellers last evening. me, rach, and joanne, plus kelly who didn't write but hung out with us just the same. i led for the first time ever, which was fun - i selected activities from a book i read years ago. although i wrapped things up at my target time, the three of us (kelly had disappeared by then to do homework) sat chatting for quite a long time about our lives, our futures, our hopes. it was lovely, and inspiring too!
i've been thinking a lot about this whole task-oriented vs people-oriented personality thing and it's making so much of life make sense to me now. it's shedding light on different people i know and their behaviours. i feel like i understand and appreciate them in a whole new way. i've concluded that life is harder for task-oriented people. there's always a new task, another job, more duties to attend to. it's unceasing, that would be hard. i also feel that it unfortunately means that they miss out on some of the most richest and most meaningful experiences in life. my mom was given a cheesey plaque from one of her friends years ago that said "friends are the flowers in the garden of life". that's how i feel - people are what makes life beautiful. i wonder if sometimes task-oriented people are so busy maintaining the garden itself that they don't get to enjoy the flowers. i suppose if they are happy then that's what matters, but i find that it can make it hard for me to interact with them. i want to know them, i want to spend time with them, and connect with them. but they're busy in the garden and don't have time to talk.
for the first time in weeks, i didn't hit my alarm clock snooze button 6 times then arrive late for work. that's super satisfying.
perhaps it was due to the weather, or perhaps it was due to the time of year, but there were only 3 storytellers last evening. me, rach, and joanne, plus kelly who didn't write but hung out with us just the same. i led for the first time ever, which was fun - i selected activities from a book i read years ago. although i wrapped things up at my target time, the three of us (kelly had disappeared by then to do homework) sat chatting for quite a long time about our lives, our futures, our hopes. it was lovely, and inspiring too!
i've been thinking a lot about this whole task-oriented vs people-oriented personality thing and it's making so much of life make sense to me now. it's shedding light on different people i know and their behaviours. i feel like i understand and appreciate them in a whole new way. i've concluded that life is harder for task-oriented people. there's always a new task, another job, more duties to attend to. it's unceasing, that would be hard. i also feel that it unfortunately means that they miss out on some of the most richest and most meaningful experiences in life. my mom was given a cheesey plaque from one of her friends years ago that said "friends are the flowers in the garden of life". that's how i feel - people are what makes life beautiful. i wonder if sometimes task-oriented people are so busy maintaining the garden itself that they don't get to enjoy the flowers. i suppose if they are happy then that's what matters, but i find that it can make it hard for me to interact with them. i want to know them, i want to spend time with them, and connect with them. but they're busy in the garden and don't have time to talk.
for the first time in weeks, i didn't hit my alarm clock snooze button 6 times then arrive late for work. that's super satisfying.
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When you guys left last night, I googled task oriented vs. people oriented. Read some very interesting stuff. It was quickly clear to me that I am people oriented and Jason is task oriented. I read a good article on how the two different types react to conflict and it made so much sense. Described the two of us to a T!
I think that weather you are introverted or extraverted plays a big role in how your people orientedness or task orientedness plays out. Very interesting to think about.
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