Strengths & Weaknesses

Woo
Empathy
Responsibility
Adaptability
Restorative

Woo... I suppose woo could be a weakness in the sense that I never REALLY get to know people to their full potential. I could be really distracted in making friendships and recognizing potential long-lasting ones. People could think that I don't really care about getting to know them, which is probably the one aspect of this strength that I don't agree with. I loveee getting to know people... so I hope they'd never see me that way.

Empathy can really suck. Just recently I was talking to my mom and, because she's going through a lot, I feel what she's feeling. It makes it really hard to be happy sometimes. When you feel for everyone else, you get wrapped up in their emotions and lose sight of yourself. I guess being empathetic just means being overly emotional, which... trust me, i know, as a girl, is VERY annoying.

Responsibility can seriously keep me from doing a lot of things. I also get stressed out easily because I feel like I have to get everything done. I think it forces us to put pressure on ourselves, as if we have to do everything perfectly. That, in turn, can lower self-esteem and overall make us feel inadequate, which is lame.

Adaptability... can destroy responsibility. If I "go with the flow" too much, i won't get anything done. I have to learn boundaries or I will fail miserably at this thing called college. It can lead me to unpleasant situations that could possibly force me to compromise my morals.. which i'm DEFINITELY not okay with.

Restorative. I can forget to build myself up and only focus on others. I won't fix my situations; i'll fix yours. I put my burdens on the back-burner and they eventually explode into a massive ball of flames. I know for a fact that I do this. However, I really feel like if I can help someone else, my problems will go away. The truth is, though, that they don't - they fester and get even worse.

All in all, I hope my strengths will turn me into a much stronger person. I hope that I will be able to handle situations better and be more equipped for life. I hope I can take better approaches to my situations and truly understand that I am blessed with these strengths for a reason, but that does not mean that i can take everything on myself. I have to give it up to God.