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How retentive are you?
| Thu, 05-05-2005 - 1:30pm |
The housekeeping thread below made me think of this:
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| Thu, 05-05-2005 - 1:30pm |
The housekeeping thread below made me think of this:
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1) Do you do housework on a regular basis, whenever you think it needs to be done, it never needs to be done...
*** Regularly
2) You miss a workout during the week but get all the others planned in--how do you feel?
*** Fine. I don't beat myself up over that anymore.
3) You plan to have one, say, piece of pizza but end up eating the whole thing--how do you feel (other than sick to your stomach for eating so much!)?
*** Like a pig
4) Someone puts a wet glass on your favorite table. Do you a) rush over and deliberately put it on a coaster b) casually move it c) not notice
*** I casually move it and slide a coaster underneath.
5) When do you pay bills--a)when you get them, b) sometime before they're due, c) right before they're due, d) after it's due
*** I schedule them as soon as I get them but I schedule them to be paid right when they're due.
6) How carefully do you pick paint for a room? a) the first one you see that catches your eye, b) bring home some paint swatches, take them home to check, c) paint some sections to see how it looks with different lighting d) what's a paint swatch?
*** I hate shopping and browsing. I picked the color for the baby's room and decided I was going to love it no matter what.
1) I do housework when I have the time. Right now it is pretty gross, but I plan on deep cleaning the house as soon as I am done with grading finals.
2)I feel mad if I miss a workout. I don't like to miss out on something I love.
3)I feel happy if I am totally satisfied on food!
4)I would not notice a wet glass on furniture, heck I probably put it there
5)If I'm doing bills the bill gets paid when it arrives. Dh, however, pays at the last minute (drives me insane).
6)I pick the paint at the store based on whatever catches my eye. Lately I've been digging through mags to find a decor that I like because right now my house is like a crayola box.
Paula
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Here's where I show my true colours. Somebody commented a couple days ago that gym rats must all be Type A/anal retentive & I mentioned I'm the polar opposite - here's the proof (though I tend to overthink things).
1) Do you do housework on a regular basis, whenever you think it needs to be done, it never needs to be done...
>>>When I'm really stressed I'll clean or first thing in the morning if I have one off otherwise the house stays dirty 'til one of those two things happen, which is VERY rarely. (I'm having increasing success w/ getting DH to do the dishes occasionally & #1 Son cleaning the bathroom sink & tub.
2) You miss a workout during the week but get all the others planned in--how do you feel?
>>> I get paid to workout so i never miss - the current situation w/ my ankle/foot pretty much illustrates that. I wish I had the luxury of missing a workout.
3) You plan to have one, say, piece of pizza but end up eating the whole thing--how do you feel (other than sick to your stomach for eating so much!)?
>>>I'd rationalize that my body couldn't possibly metabolize all that, so I'd be ticked for creating such stress on my body for no useful purpose, when I could have savoured the rest at a later, more appropriate, time. Then I'd chuckle & call myself an idjit.
4) Someone puts a wet glass on your favorite table. Do you a) rush over and deliberately put it on a coaster b) casually move it c) not notice
>>>As always, I would contemplate exactly what process is causing the rings to form & why the table returns to normal eventually, but otherwise not care.
5) When do you pay bills--a)when you get them, b) sometime before they're due, c) right before they're due, d) after it's due
>>> Bills get paid either the 3rd or 4th time DH reminds me or we get a letter/phone call to remind me.
6) How carefully do you pick paint for a room? a) the first one you see that catches your eye, b) bring home some paint swatches, take them home to check, c) paint some sections to see how it looks with different lighting d) what's a paint swatch?
>>> I'll be struck by a colour & pick up a swatch to show DH so we can decide together, after I've made opinion clear that is. ;-)
1) Do you do housework on a regular basis, whenever you think it needs to be done, it never needs to be done...
We haven't worked this out yet with the new house. Because we've been doing multiple projects, there's usually clean-up to be done post-project. Today though has been designated for cleaning. We need to do the whole house.
2) You miss a workout during the week but get all the others planned in--how do you feel?
I used to stress about it, but I have really relaxed and realized that one missed workout isn't going to kill me or make me fat. I think I perpetually toe the line of overtraining anyway and I've realized how valuable rest is. I usually tell myself that I'll really be able to work hard next time I train since I had extra rest.
3) You plan to have one, say, piece of pizza but end up eating the whole thing--how do you feel (other than sick to your stomach for eating so much!)?
I feel disappointed in myself for not having more control. Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens far more often than I'd like to admit, but I'm getting better (i.e. my dessert victory the other night at the restaurant).
4) Someone puts a wet glass on your favorite table. Do you a) rush over and deliberately put it on a coaster b) casually move it c) not notice
Wet glasses don't bug me. Talk to me about clutter though and it's a whole different story.
5) When do you pay bills--a)when you get them, b) sometime before they're due, c) right before they're due, d) after it's due
DH pays the bills and he has it automatically set up to pay everything online. If it were me though, I'd either have it set up like he does or I'd have a check going out the same day the bill came.
6) How carefully do you pick paint for a room? a) the first one you see that catches your eye, b) bring home some paint swatches, take them home to check, c) paint some sections to see how it looks with different lighting d) what's a paint swatch?
e) Browse the swatches at Home Depot and wing it. :)
1) Do you do housework on a regular basis, whenever you think it needs to be done, it never needs to be done...
I do it on a regular basis most of the time, but sometimes I let my routine slide when I'm busy.
2) You miss a workout during the week but get all the others planned in--how do you feel?
It depends on the workout. If I had missed a long run, I would feel pretty rotten about that, but most of the time I don't care that much. As long as I get the other workouts in.
3) You plan to have one, say, piece of pizza but end up eating the whole thing--how do you feel (other than sick to your stomach for eating so much!)?
I feel a little bit yucky, but I quickly forget about it.
4) Someone puts a wet glass on your favorite table. Do you a) rush over and deliberately put it on a coaster b) casually move it c) not notice
b -- I casually move it.
5) When do you pay bills--a)when you get them, b) sometime before they're due, c) right before they're due, d) after it's due
I pay as soon as I get them. Otherwise, I'll forget!
6) How carefully do you pick paint for a room? a) the first one you see that catches your eye, b) bring home some paint swatches, take them home to check, c) paint some sections to see how it looks with different lighting d) what's a paint swatch?
b. I bring home paint swatches.
1) Do you do housework on a regular basis, whenever you think it needs to be done, it never needs to be done...I RARELY DO IT AT ALL BECAUSE MY BF IS OBSESSIVE ABOUT IT, LITERALLY AND BEATS ME TOO IT: IT IS ALWAYS DONE RIGHT THEN AND THERE
2) You miss a workout during the week but get all the others planned in--how do you feel? IF I CAN GET TO THE GYM MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK ANYMORE(WITHIN THE LAST MONTH) THEN I FEEL GOOD
3) You plan to have one, say, piece of pizza but end up eating the whole thing--how do you feel (other than sick to your stomach for eating so much!)? ANGRY AT MYSELF
4) Someone puts a wet glass on your favorite table. Do you a) rush over and deliberately put it on a coaster b) casually move it c) not notice: NOTICE BUT WON'T WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE OUR TABLES DON'T SEEM TO GET WET SPOTS LEFT ON THEM
5) When do you pay bills--a)when you get them, b) sometime before they're due, c) right before they're due, d) after it's due: RIGHT BEFORE THEIR DUE USUALLY BUT MOST OF THE TIME I LIKE TO PAY MY BILLS RIGHT AFTER I GET PAID(IF IS IS DUE RIGHT BEFORE I GET PAID THEN I PAY IT AS CLOSE TO PAY DAY AS I CAN WITHOUT BEING LATE)
6) How carefully do you pick paint for a room? a) the first one you see that catches your eye, b) bring home some paint swatches, take them home to check, c) paint some sections to see how it looks with different lighting d) what's a paint swatch? I USUALLY CHECK OUT A FEW SWATCHES THEN DECIDE BUT DON'T BRING THE SWATCHES HOME TO THINK ABOUT IT