Fast or Slow... who are you?

@redkathy (3374)
United States
October 17, 2008 9:54pm CST
My husband says he doesn't know how I do it. I'm always moving, doing, going. I cook fast, eat fast, talk fast, and multi task.(otherwise I'm confused LOL) It's just the way I am. Right now I have no reason to be like this. Work is slow, the kids are grown and nothing has to be done now, except for paying bills. Yet I'm still always going, it's just my nature. So who are you, the fast paced, always on the go person or laid back, slow going type?
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Oct 08
im a fast paced woman w/a slow moving body nowadays.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Oct 08
i blame it on age & bad health. don't like it for sure.
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I am way slower than I used to be too.
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• Singapore
18 Oct 08
I have a little of both, I guess. I do things fast, but there are times when I need to sit down and think about stuff. That will slow me down a little. I eat fast, get angry fast and bored fast too.
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
go go go not matter what, that's me.
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@Lazers (152)
18 Oct 08
Yeah, I'm normally fast, but give me some work and suddenly i seem to slow down. I wonder why?
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
18 Oct 08
A case of the antsy pantsies?? LOL. I'm like that too, I like keeping busy whether physically or mentally. I like keeping my mind active and going, that's why on those rare occasions I have what I call a zombie day (maybe burnout??) I get a bit ticked off at myself for not doing the three thousand things I normally do
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Oh yes, that's me! Gotta go, gotta do this or that no matter what. If I'm at the computer it's ten windows open, I'm working!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Thank you redkathy for the br
• United States
18 Oct 08
I am the type that Wants to do everything faster then I do. I never seem to have all my work done. I would like to have a day that I can look around and I have completed everything,. an it all perfect! When My boys were very young I was much more organized then I am now! I need to get that back, not sure how I lost it!
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
19 Oct 08
Perfection is hazardous to your health!
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
Hi there. I'd say that I'm a laid back sort of person. Sometimes, I'm so laid back, it's already bordering on laziness. *lol* Seriously though, I'm the type of person who likes taking things at my own pace and hates being rushed or pressured by other people - which is why I hate deadlines and superiors breathing down my neck until I finish my work output. I always manage to get the things I have to do done on time, though for some reason.
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
My fast pace isn't by choice and I wish sometimes that I could be like you.
@taripres (1499)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Say Kathy, what up? Myself, I won't consider myself a slow person, but definitely not fast! I'd rather say take it easy! I'm more of a think about it, if it makes sense type; but I am a latey, or a person who's always just on time! I seem to work better when I wait til the last minute, guess cause I know I have to get it done then...lol! Always been that way, it has always worked for me. People can't stand it, theyr always worrying, then I'm all cool and laid back about, n it always works out:) Don't know, that's why I'd rather work at home, so I don't have to go anywhere, then it has it's economic benefits as well! Go ahead n say it, I'M LAZY! Don't be jealous, I know I get the job done...lol!!! Taripre$ Avon Sales Leadership Rep Cash 4 All Work At Home Dad
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
19 Oct 08
I work from home too, pjs all day sometimes. Thank God I'm not required to video conference
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I just can't sit still! I have to be doing something all the time. Right now I am triple-tasking. Eating dinner, computing and watching tv. I get bored so easily if I am not fully occupied at all times. Even at work, I will have multiple things going at once. I will be charting on one resident, giving another a snack and paging a doctor all at once while eating my lunch.
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I can relate!
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
18 Oct 08
hi kathy iam a easy going person who trys to keep busy if not with my grandson are son iam online at mylot.are iam going out some where to visit family and friends.
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Busy busy, I wonder why I still go so fast, but I am thankful not to be idle!
@sameroad (3179)
• United States
18 Oct 08
i'm a little of both... i have moment where i'm fast paced and i have certain things that i always do at a fast or slow pace... if i am tired or something i move slower but if i am awake and good i move at a fast pace.... for the most part i am probably fast pace... lol as if i don't have time to be slow but i do... taking it slow is nice though... like sometimes i will walk my dog slow instead of walking without really stopping... and its a nice change from the fast walking.. feels good to the legs too lol
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Well I don't do alot of walking but I'm always buzzing around here and there. Anything I do is rapid and multiple otherwise I'm lost. Brain doesn't go that slow.
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• Pakistan
18 Oct 08
i m very fast and my colleagues hate it. i actually hate oending jobs and wasting time.
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I am the sme, it's like something is hanging over my head, nagging me!
@juhi06 (1850)
• India
18 Oct 08
hi dear friend , i am not that fast when it comes to doing anything. i am rather slow but there is always a quality about anything that i do!! simple style no burden on the brain , thinking about it just involving myself!!
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
My brain isn't wired to handle simple, genetics I guess.
@Valenas (1507)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I like to multitask, but I am laid-back as I do so. I usually listen to music, watch TV, do my homework, and talk to my friends (Messenger) at the same time. I do not get as much homework done as I should, but I take in as much as I would if I were not multitasking. If my mind does not have several "trains" on its track, it gets bored. I never get bored because I am always focusing on so much. I am not a physically busy person, as you seem to be, but I have to be mentally busy in order to function correctly. I hope I make sense to you.
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Makes perfect sense. I go and do while you chill and task right? We are the same about trains on the track!
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Hi redkathy, I have always been someone who has moved fast, done things fast just like you described. I also don't know why, I just always have been that way. Even though I have trouble with my knees I still walk fast. I was out with my boyfriend last week who is 11 years younger than me. He was taking me out for dinner for my birthday. We were walking from the apartment to the busstop. I kept saying to him why are you walking so slow? I just am used to moving fast! I mean there are days that I find myself slowing down a bit, but still not ever going slow. And I have no tolerance for people that move slower than me! I am constantly passing people by in the streets, in stores! My Mom is 78 and she still moves pretty fast too! I guess it's just in the genes!
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
My brother is the same way! My mom used to tell me I was like a whirlwind coming and going like I do LOL
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@Anchopy (1453)
• Paraguay
18 Oct 08
Hi redkathy! I'm a fast person, I don't like people that don't do things in the moment, that have to wait until the last second to do pending jobs or something like that.. I have a fast mind, I have fast reasoning and I try to do all that I have to do as soon as I can so I can have more free time to spend with family and friends..
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Last minute, that's my sons!
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
18 Oct 08
I think I am the same as you, it is almost like a getit done, get it over and done with sort of thing, I am the only one amongst my friends that is like this and i can't stand the slowness of them and always late, I like to to get things done be ready early and always early for appointments, just a need to get it done I think...
@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Well I can't say I'm always on time but I definitely am a get it done now person!
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@mimico (3617)
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
I'm slow and mellow. My younger brother is always so hyper that he walks quickly and east quickly like you do I guess. I think you guys have more energy and enthusiasm? I'm not this relaxed all the time, I can move quickly as well when I need to but I'd rather go slow. I'm a bit lazy too so that may be why...
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@philjas (1134)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I'm lazy, yet when I am doing something I'm that same fast type. I walk fast, type fast, read fast. People are always asking me to slow down. I think it's just born into us.
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I agree, people always tell me to relax, take a break. I really can't... sorry
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• India
19 Oct 08
I am now living in a fact paced world. So to be able to cope up with it i also need to be little bit fast, but in the weekends in am certainly love to stay in a slow paced world, so it is a mixture of both.
• Philippines
18 Oct 08
i am a multi tasker and i am used to it since college. i am fast when it comes to working because i am so challenged with working two or more tasks at the same time, and because of that i eat and talk fast too lol.
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• Bangladesh
18 Oct 08
i am also agree with u. some one are fast some are slow. i am also slow. but trying to do better always, but my fate is not sullort me. always trying to do fast but not match with my time. i am trying to finish my work in time. i am thinking always that i am fast for work. now a days trying to do fastest as per my ability.
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