No huge revelation here, but today I was thinking about a challenge: what to do with my scheduled flight out of Salt Lake tomorrow since I'm still in the Seattle area. I should probably be terribly frustrated and upset that nothing seemed to work out the way I planned every time I made a plan, but instead, I found myself loving the challenge, enjoying figuring out how to solve this "puzzle" logistically, financially, diplomatically, even though it didn't turn out as exciting as I hoped...I need to do something like that for work.
I always want puzzles to solve. Once a puzzle is solved, I'm bored unless I have more puzzles. Granted, some puzzles have proven beyond my ability to solve, and I may wear myself out trying to solve them and have to set them aside for a while until I have more experience, tools, knowledge, or energy. I sometimes hit a wall where I just don't want to work on them anymore. But for the most part, I thrive on the process and strategy and sort of abstract organization.
There are enough people in this world who like to just be told what to do; I'm more interested in developing vision or solving puzzles. Yeah yeah, go high-horse about old fashioned stick-to-itiveness and earning the "right" to develop visions and plans of execution elsewhere, I'm aware of its value, but I'm also not just talking about workplace situations but life in general. The seeming drudgery of "follow-through" is just a challenge for me, not my strength, but I can do it when needed.
Right, I know, no big shocker, but it was one of those "oh yeah, I'm kinda different from a lot of people in this way, and I'm OK with that" moments. For whatever it's worth.
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Ha, yeah... I noticed that too. You seem more animated when you're in the midst of a "puzzle". I can totally see your fluid, "P" tendencies playing on that too- you're much better at adapting to situations spontaneously. I admire that. :)
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