Personal Narrative: My Attributes Of Myself

There are many attributes of myself that I look at and admire. I am a creative, open minded person which helps in many classes where I need to open my brain to see the bigger picture. The attribute I most admire, however is my diligence. I not am a hard worker, but do this work with as much diligence as I can to get the best results. While there are many attributes I admire about myself, I also have some aspects of myself which I deeply dislike. I am an introverted person and prefer to be alone rather than around a group of people. I do well around people and I do have good social skills, however I find it easier to pay attention, work, and generally be more energized when alone.
Tying with being a hard worker, I take my time to carefully …show more content…
I admire this least because it hinders me from finding new people with the same interests as I do and leaves me alone during most of my hours. I do show that I do well around people to some it even shocks them that I even am introverted, as soon as I am away from the crowds and back alone all that experience hits me like a truck and I start to feel exhausted, stressed, and scared. I also do not go out of my way to put myself in social situations and seek other ways I could complete whichever task required me to be around people alone. I feel more comfortable alone and need time to myself in order to even think about putting myself out in the crowd. This is another reason why I this is my least favorite attribute. Because I feel exhausted, stressed, and slightly scared after I am done being around people it pushes me to not go out even more, which is not a good outcome. If I were more extraverted I would not have any problem talking to people as well as would not feel terrible after interacting with …show more content…
Working with diligence for me requires being alone for a majority of the day and if I were not comfortable with being by myself, I would have trouble working as carefully as I do. I have plenty of extraverted friends that have trouble spending a large amount of time alone to study or work on essays. When asked if I had the same problem and told them no, they would be bewildered at how I could sit there for hours alone just to perfect an essay. I’d be teased by them and called a “nerd”; my large framed glasses definitely did not help with this