Jax Attax

I recently realized a few things about myself and decided to start an on-going list, just for kicks.  Here is my first installment:  

 1)     I laugh (and sometimes speak) very loudly.  Considering that I had a really unfortunate smile as a young person and would only laugh, quietly, behind my cupped hand, I am happy to accept this new reality.  I find it very amusing, for some reason, that I randomly developed this ability to laugh freely and often.  

2)     I don’t like to say bad things about other people.  Everyone needs to vent, me included, but whenever I get caught up in some sort of gab-fest with other people that involves discussing negative or undesirable aspects of others for sport, it literally makes me feel sick to my stomach.  Maybe I AM too nice, but there are worse things to be!  As someone who was often on the receiving end of torment growing up, I just don’t understand what people get from this practice.

3)     I use too many words.  OK – I have always been aware of this fact.  Whether in writing or in conversation, I have inherited a special gift for being long-winded.  Oh yes, and also for stating the obvious. 

4)     I over-think everything.  I used to have trouble going to sleep at night because my mind would race.  I suppose in an effort to rectify this situation – because I LOVE sleeping – I have now shifted my rapid and viral thinking to daytime hours.  This is something I am actually trying to change.  I know that I devote WAY too much time to trying to UNDERSTAND.  Nothing good can come from my tireless review of everyone and everything that I encounter each day.