You ever had one of those stark moments that jolts your eyeballs wide-open even in the middle of the day…?
That was me yesterday.
It struck me like a bolt of lightning:
“Omg. You ARE a type-A personality.” 😱
There’s no such thing as fun. Fun is work. Work is fun. Why would I spend my time “working” if I didn’t also find it fun? Because MY definition of “fun” is knowing I’m inching that much closer to whatever “goal” I have.
Yeah. Because you’re FREAKIN TYPE-A, CHARITY 😑
To other people, “fun” is not working on micro-goals in every area of life at all times.
Other people don’t think incessantly organizing and re-organizing to find perfect systems for everything is “fun.”
But you do.
There IS no off-switch.
It also explains why when you’re around someone who is “fun,” you’re not typically having fun. Because what other people find fun, you don’t find fun.
We have established that “fun” is subjective.
See, the “fun” people will want to poke their eyeballs out at my analysis of fun.
Analysis is fun. Fun is analysis.
I remember times I’ve been in “team meetings.” And the people were just constantly goofing off rather than discussing what we were there to meet about. And I lost my patience quickly. I was “nice,” but I was blunt as usual: “Guys, what is happening… Can you do all that AFTER this meeting? I have things to do.”
I guess I was supposed to pretend to be enjoying the antics. But I wanted to escape to my precious bed-ville before 2am if optimal. (The meeting was in the early afternoon. I digress.)
It really was a shock, though. I mean, who WANTS to be type-A. You automatically sound like a stickler. Which I am not. I’m pretty flexible much of the time, actually.
What type-A REALLY means is that everything is either accounted for, or it’s not. “This is not the time for that.”
*makes robot noise while mentally recalibrating*
“Okay, NOW we can make that detour. I have mentally visualized it and created space for that to unfold.”
Notice how, though; it’s still accounted for.
😚