Creator vs Maintainer

I have thought about this idealogy many times now.

I have shared this idealogy many more times.

I have analyzed this idealogy for a year now.

So I have come to the conclusion that I am a creator, not a maintainer.

Read the following and see if you share my conclusions.

A maintainer is very good at the following:

- brushing teeth and flossing after each meal

- physical activity (exercise) every day

- having a place for everything and putting it away after every use

- cooking food and cleaning the dirty dishes as they cook

- when asked to get something, they easily and effortlessly find it within minutes

- they plan ahead when they have an appointment or meeting and dislike being late for any reason

- have a well planned shopping list and know where everything is in the store

- they like a regular daily schedule and are early risers

- they normally do not like surprises or unexpected events

- and the list goes on,

I think you get the idea

So the creator is about everything that makes life fun and exciting. (well at least from my point of view)

- enjoy looking at each day as a grand adventure

- making very few plans and winging the rest of the time with "what else can I do that's fun"

- being in my sewing room and especially starting a new project

- it's not essential to finish any project. It's the process that makes the project fun

- inpulse shopping for anything, especially non-essentials

- looking for something and being surprised when you find something else, that you haven't seen for a very long time. (like my marriage certificate)

- love surprises like a new car, and then riding in a new car

- planning and implementing a new project like a whole house remodel

- blogging, chatting and emailing friends and family

- vacationing anywhere

- going to work and finding 75 different ways to tell telephone sales people "NO THANK YOU" especially the ones from India.

- and anything else that uses the creative side of the brain

I have found that understanding this creator vs maintainer idealogy has helped me understand myself. It really doesn't change anything or anyone around me. In fact, those who know me think I'm either a little crazy or now have an excuse for not putting anything away. Which is true on both accounts.

So which are you? A creator or maintainer or a little of both?

to be continued. . . .