Whats the one (negative) thing you'd love to change about yourself...

py2006 · 14-03-2015 8:54pm #1

...to improve yourself?

We all have something we need to change about ourselves and it's easy to say we would like to be richer, taller etc

But what about the negative side to us? Or what we perceive as negative! It's a hard one to admit and talk about openly.

I for one spend far too much time on my own (including eating out and hitting the local) and don't mix and converse as much as I should.

It would be interesting to read your responses and see what could easily be fixed once you acknowledge it and consider it.

entropi · 14-03-2015 8:55pm

Procasti

Karl Stein · 14-03-2015 8:56pm

I wish I was little bit taller
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
And a six four Impala

_Kaiser_ · 14-03-2015 8:57pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDOy3AosBw

Being 5'8 sucks sometimes!

(EDIT: Damn you Karl!

)

LDN_Irish · 14-03-2015 8:58pm

I actually have 2 things.

The first is that my penis is just too big. It scares women and makes men feel inadequate.

The second is that I can't seem to stop myself from telling lies on the internet.

Panthro · 14-03-2015 8:59pm

I wish I wasn't so fcukin awesum.

NachoBusiness · 14-03-2015 9:10pm

My bank balance.

phater phagan · 14-03-2015 9:12pm

nothing

Nodin · 14-03-2015 9:14pm

Stiffer jab.

Thespoofer · 14-03-2015 9:16pm

I need to be a little calmer.

14-03-2015 9:17pm

Lesser posters following me from thread to thread like beggars.

Macavity. · 14-03-2015 9:19pm

Different physical appearance and brain.

Lux23 · 14-03-2015 9:20pm

My lack of will power.

jamesoneill · 14-03-2015 9:22pm

Looking for the faults in persons and situations, rather than the positives

Trying to change it though, i must say

Aongus Von Bismarck · 14-03-2015 9:25pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Lesser posters following me from thread to thread like beggars.

I've had that issue myself. I refuse to stoop to their level though. It's just mean-spirited jealousy because I believe in hard work, healthy living and a positive mental attitude. Doesn't sit well with the type who want everyone to be as miserable as themselves.

IamtheWalrus · 14-03-2015 9:31pm

jamesoneill wrote: »

Looking for the faults in persons and situations, rather than the positives

Trying to change it though, i must say

Count yourself lucky you have identified the problem. Some people like that never.

14-03-2015 10:08pm

I'm hurt too easily. I'd love a thicker skin.

jungleman · 14-03-2015 10:12pm

I wish I could stop going to different swimming pools to pretend that I'm drowning so the male lifeguards can see how fabulous my hair looks underwater

macrho12 · 14-03-2015 10:26pm

I wish my tits were smaller!!

punisher5112 · 14-03-2015 10:30pm

I'm too sexy for my shirt so sexy it hurts.

I'm so hard it hurts.

Wacker The Attacker · 14-03-2015 10:59pm

Nodin wrote: »

Stiffer jab.

The jab is only for setting them up.

Get to work on the upper cut.

Wacker The Attacker · 14-03-2015 11:00pm

I'd change my voice. I want to chicks to cream themselves at the mere opening of my mouth.

FueledbyCoffee · 14-03-2015 11:29pm

Candie wrote: »

I'm hurt too easily. I'd love a thicker skin.

Same here, I forget not everyone thinks or cares the same as me with the result of ending up hurt.

I could also be a bit better at standing up for myself, hate confrontation so let it pass and stew later

Pablodreamsofnew · 14-03-2015 11:29pm

Prefect eyesight. Wearing glasses really suck in Ireland. Rain and tea. Glass wearers will understand.

14-03-2015 11:58pm

FueledbyCoffee wrote: »

Same here, I forget not everyone thinks or cares the same as me with the result of ending up hurt.

I could also be a bit better at standing up for myself, hate confrontation so let it pass and stew later

I'm fine with confrontation, when it's really necessary. I'd just love a thicker skin!

Talib Fiasco · 14-03-2015 11:59pm

I wish I wasn't so self conscious. It ruins my life at times.

eviltwin · 15-03-2015 12:00am

I have a terrible temper, I'm too short and I've a dodgy knee. If I could change all those I'd be happy.

15-03-2015 12:28am

I'm far too much of a defeatist. I give up on things without giving my best shot, because it's much easier to just not try than it is to contemplate failure. There are so many things I want to do in my life - lose weight, get fit, learn a language, learn an instrument, make more friends - and yet I can't bring myself to dedicate enough effort to any of it. It's much easier to sit back, do nothing and mope about how I have no talent and suck at everything.

So if I could change something, I guess it would be that.

entropi · 17-03-2015 4:07am

entropi wrote: »

Procasti

nation.

Phew.

_Whimsical_ · 17-03-2015 4:17am

I wish I had an off switch and wasn't still wide awake and utterly exhausted 4 hours after I went to bed.

17-03-2015 4:18am

second guessing myself. I hate it. But I do it all the time. Even when things go WELL. I ask myself - if it went that well that easy - then how much better could it have gone if I put some effort in.

And when I put some effort in I wonder - what if I had X or Y pull in favors and helped me cut costs on that or do better on this -

- I would so change this about me. It does not matter how well I do something - I always second guess it with the "wonderful" light of retrospect as my companion - helping me ask if I could have done it better.

I even wonder if I could have written this post better. Argh

Bongalongherb · 17-03-2015 4:21am

Depression

fatherted1969 · 17-03-2015 4:27am

Public speaking, holds me back so much.
I light up like a Christmas tree when anyone says anything to me in even a slightly pressurised setting. The bane of my life.

Toots · 17-03-2015 4:33am

weight and physical fitness. oh and to not have bipolar would also be nice.

tillyjane · 17-03-2015 4:41am

Being super super shy, paranoid and anxious in social situations, to the point where alot of people think always either think I'm rude, awkward or bit dim... I actually am awkward though

Duke O Smiley · 17-03-2015 5:45am

I'm an all round s'well chap tbh. I have been told I'm quite boring but I'm really not, if you like talking crap 90s cars. But yeah, in general I am boring, no huge aspirations to do much or go travelling outside of Europe or any of that lark, but I'm happy.

So, nothing really.

Mackman · 17-03-2015 5:57am

I would love to not care so much about what other people think

MarkAnthony · 17-03-2015 7:09am

I'd like a smaller penis my current monster is off putting for some women.

suicide_circus · 17-03-2015 9:40am

I wish I didn't let things, over which I have no control, get to me

diomed · 17-03-2015 9:48am

I am not a billionaire. I'd change that.

diomed · 17-03-2015 9:49am

tillyjane wrote: »

Being super super shy, paranoid and anxious in social situations, to the point where alot of people think always either think I'm rude, awkward or bit dim... I actually am awkward though

There is a cure for that - alcohol.

charlietheminxx · 17-03-2015 9:54am

I wish I had more resilient skin (actual physical skin, not metaphorical). It didn't bounce back from weight loss well and I have a skin condition that flares up when I am stressed or run down.

Other than that, I would literally change nothing, I like who I am inside and out (bar some dodgy skin) and it took a long time for me to feel that way.

KatW4 · 17-03-2015 9:59am

I'd love to stop getting anxious about going new places and talking to new people. It makes me feel sick and I think about it far too much.

Also to stop caring what other people think!

Menas · 17-03-2015 10:11am

I would like to get rid of my hayfever and dog allergy and bad hearing and have better eye sight.

Please!

Jon Stark · 17-03-2015 10:24am

I'm a worrier, and tend to think the worst. Like if I see an e-mail from by team leader's boss, my first instinct is "oh jesus what the hell have I done." She was actually just thanking me for helping another team.

It's a pretty crap way to be as when someone pays me a compliment I don't take it at face value, whereas I absolutely take criticism at face value.

I guess it's just a confidence thing for me in general.

mg1982 · 17-03-2015 10:33am

I would get a new brain cos the one i have was wired wrong

Mister Vain · 17-03-2015 11:50am

My arse.

Faith+1 · 17-03-2015 11:52am

Love to get rid of these poxy glasses. Can't get laser surgery so I'm stuck wearing these bloody things. Argh

JacquesDeLad · 17-03-2015 12:37pm

I wish I could hide my disgust for some people more naturally.

I overcompensate and they end up thinking I like them.

Trebor176 · 17-03-2015 12:52pm

My voice. I obviously have a quiet voice, considering the fact I often have to repeat myself to others.

I need more confidence too. Like an earlier poster mentioned with speaking to others in public, I can feel my cheeks burning up. Not always, though. I probably need to speak up more and not seem like I'm lurking in a corner.

I need to stop worrying about stupid stuff as well. I'm told at times that my health is more important than a lot of things, which is true.

pauliebdub · 17-03-2015 1:28pm

Be a bit more outgoing and interested in people.

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