You guys have seen that, right? My toxic trait is…

Your toxic trait is what gets you into trouble, or the very least gets you in a pickle. It causes big things to start happening with a perceived, maybe doable, but maybe impossible outcome in mind. It makes even you sigh and say to yourownself “well, here we go”.

What are your toxic traits? I have many…ummm…yikes. Here are my Top 10 Toxic Traits.

#10 – My toxic trait is looking at pictures of home renovation projects and thinking “I could do that” knowing dang well that I don’t have the time or experience for such an effort. Sis, you might rip out that bathtub, but then what?

#9 – My toxic trait is planning raised beds for growing vegetables in the summer. Honey, have you really thought this through?

#8 – My toxic trait is starting to get ready a half hour before it’s time to leave, because “I know what I’ll wear, it’ll be fine” when, in fact, I don’t like what i had in mind, and it is actually not fine. Please.

#7 – My toxic trait is buying all the stuff to make the thing rather than just buying the thing. Then I am actually forced to make the thing, because I bought all the stuff. Self-inflicted pain, Amanda.

#6 – My toxic trait is buying arrays of vitamins and skincare products to use every day. Here I am vitamin deficient with a dirty face.

#5 – My toxic trait is FINALLY making the decision to declutter and take stuff to Goodwill, judiciously bagging it all up, then driving around with it in my car for a month without any recollection of the need to go by and actually drop stuff off until the day I must load large items into my car but can’t because of all the donation bags.

#4 – My toxic trait is responding to text messages and emails…in my mind. Sorry, Y’all.

#3 – My toxic trait is projecting. If I can do it, they can do it. If I managed to get here on time, they could have gotten here on time. If I had time to [whatever], they had time to [whatever]. This is seriously a toxic trait. I know.

#2 – My toxic trait is ordering from Amazon. Need I say anything else about that? There is probably a plaque with my name on it in a corridor at some faraway Amazon sort facility.

And my #1 toxic trait is…thinking it I could, right now, open a business, start a new venture, or conquer the world with a new, ambitious project, actually spend time researching it, and give it real consideration. Girl, settle down.

You got ’em. Tell me! I want to hear yours!

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