The Laughing Wolf

Drive, Impatience, And Responsibility

What drives you, and are those drives good for you?

This has been a subject brought home to me this week because of work and progress on the new lair. Or, rather, the lack of planned/hoped-for progress. I like to get things done and can be very focused and driven in completing projects or doing anything, sometimes more so than is healthy. In my case, I know that a lot of my drive comes from having been told that I would not reach 18 nor ever be as good as "normal" kids. Such can leave one with an overwhelming desire to experience as much as possible, and to finish things from projects to books because tomorrow may never come. It has also meant a tendency to push too hard, to rush such that things are simply done, rather than done right or to the best of one's ability. Such is also why I have a very strong and negative reaction to complacency and anyone who tells me that I have years to do something. To my mind, though I am long past 18, time is limited and always will be so.

The things that drive me have positive aspects too, but the negative are things to watch and change. So what drives you, or causes you to have a lack of drive? What parts are positive, and which are negative? Stop and think a bit, and then start working on ways to reduce the negative. It makes for a happier and healthier life.

LW