SELF-REFLECTION WRITING CHALLENGE
Someone I Admire — Day 9
I admire a very special person
Dr. Tracy Davis, I’m slowly making my way through this writing challenge. I can’t believe that I’m already on Day 9. It seems like yesterday when I started on this self-reflective writing challenge. I feel like as I’m thinking about these topics, I’m learning something new about myself every day. I’m amazed at how much I leave unexplored at times, especially given how much I actually write.
Thinking about a person I admire wasn’t that hard. I admire so many people. I think it would be unfair though if I didn’t highlight the person that I admire the most though.
My partner is a pretty special person. He’s smart, resourceful, handy, and passionate. He’s also a very caring person and has about as big of a heart as I do. I think that that’s why we match so well. I’ve seen him do so much, go through so much, and care so much.
He hardly ever complains about anything, not even his lot in life. I admire so much about him and his personality. I know it’s because I love him but I think that even if we were just friends, I would still just be in awe of him and his extraordinary ability.
I had just gotten over a very bad breakup before I met him and I found out that I had been dating a sociopath who was stringing me along and who wrote some terrible things about me in a journal.
Anyway, I met Mike at a lower point in my life and he just continued to push me and challenge me and he forced me to get out of my comfort zone constantly. I pushed myself to get myself into a job that I thought was out of reach before him. I also motivated myself to set better goals for life and not just settle for ordinary or normal.
He really sees the world in a different way and combined with his skill of being handy and resourceful opened up a new world of possibilities for me. I admire that he doesn’t care what people think about him, about us, or about anything that we do. He is focused on the bigger picture all of the time as I can tend to focus on little things and try to micromanage at times.
He knows I’m the worrier, he’s more laid back and really just takes things as they come. I’ve been able to roll with the punches better now that I have an example of how to do that. I think that he saved my life, to be honest. He stays on top of me about a lot of different things, particularly my health.
Neither one of us is in great shape health wise but because he’s had to study his chronic illness extensively, he’s understood what kinds of diets and different lifestyle changes will help alleviate some of the day-to-day pain.
I admire him because while I watch a lot of entertainment and food shows, he’s busy watching auto mechanics doing work, people working on electrical circuits, and different, innovative skills that will help us in everyday life.
I’m not saying that my love for food and my obsession with the Food Network isn’t going to help us. They most certainly do and have. It’s just that he’s able to spend hours sometimes watching things that will help us in the long run and help improve our quality of life.
As I said before, I certainly admire a lot of people. There are so many fascinating people around us. It’s just that I swear that Mike is a genius and my partner is one of the most intelligent and fascinating people that I’ve ever met and I’m glad to have him in my life.
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