Thursday, December 17, 2015

December 17: Writing Prompt #351-You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

What is your least favorite personal quality in others? Extra points for sharing your least favorite personal quality in yourself.
I feel sure in the last 351 days of this year, I have already answered some version of this prompt, but I am too lazy right now to go back and search, so I will briefly attempt to answer it again.
Least favorite personal quality in others:  Insincerity.
Least favorite personal quality in myself:  Inattentiveness
I have a hard time being around people who are not genuine, persons who are more concerned about image and projecting the right one than they are about being honest and straightforward.  Some people are just very private, and it may take a while to get to know them or for them to open up, but the truly insincere person never really opens up themselves to you at all. They will never really let anyone in. Instead, they simply tell you what they think you want to hear and rarely listen to what you have to say.  I’m not that great at listening sometimes, but I’ll be honest and admit it at least. 

As for myself, I tend to work pretty hard during my job at being attentive to details and to the situations at hand. I try to listen using all my listening skills, but when I get home, I tend to allow my brain to relax and my listening skills to take a break. I don’t really hear what my husband or son are trying to say to me sometimes, and I have to ask them to repeat themselves frequently.  So, I really wish I could be as attentive at home as I usually am at work. J  Maybe that would be a good New Year’s resolution for 2016, huh? I’ll have to think about how I could improve upon that one…

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