Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Doers and The Avoiders ... and then The Eventually-ers

One thing I have noticed about people is the notion of responding to something needing to get done. There are, what I phrase, the doers. These people will take care of almost every situation that arrises, typically without debate or push-back. The doers start from the time they it the floor in the morning until the time they shut their eyes for the night. Due to their get-it-down, will handle it, or otherwise take-care-of it operationalizing, their need to perform becomes a reliance to those around them.

At first, they don't mind being able to repair a broken light switch or have dinner plans prepared for the week. The doers, well, they seem to enjoy being wanted and "needed". It fulfills a purpose and a drive to be better and feel wanted. The problem arises over time, this will bare down on the doer. They start a little resentment as they are repairing, planning, or carrying out a task while others around them "take it easy". After all, according to most doers, if they don't do it, it won't get done. Perhaps this is a little control issue they have, or is this more a codependency ... or both.