ANOTHER AWARD, WOOHOOO! I was awarded the Flawesome Award by Alison from littleblogofpositivity.com. She is a lovely busy bee who runs a blog about mental health, positivity, and finding motivation in life. If you haven’t heard of her, then definitely give her a visit!
Right before I was about to post this, I was nominated for the same award by another cool blogger, Kat from boozyhousewife.family.blog. She’s a US blogger (like me!) and blogs about lifestyle, knitting, cocktails, and more! Do check her out, I think you’ll like it! 😉
Update – November 2018: Colleen from colleendenise.com nominated me for this award as well! Check out her sweet post here and give her a follow if you aren’t already doing so!
The Flawesome Award was created by Sophia Ismaa who created this specifically to celebrate our flaws!
Sophia’s description of the award:
“It’s time to celebrate the flaws that make you awesome. How many times do we see an award that celebrates all things bright and shiny and sunny in a person? How often do we forget that our weaknesses can be a strength? Our flaws make us human, our flaws tell us more about who we are, and in turn, we turn those flaws into awesome strengths. In short, our flaws make us #flawesome”.
In this award, you write about 3 of your flaws or weaknesses and then turn it into a positive strength. Then you nominate 10 others for the award!
My 3 Flaws
1. I stress about things a lot!
This is pretty common, right? I often think of the worst case scenario of something I’m about to do or go to, and I start thinking it will really happen. Sometimes I stress about things so much to the point that I give myself major migraines and make myself sick!
I do think stress to a certain degree is very beneficial to life. There’s such a thing as ‘good stress’ after all! It moves me to work hard at something and not be lazy and lackadaisical about everything. I have a certain standard about how I do things and I feel satisfied when it’s achieved. So I guess the real goal here is to tone my stress down a bit so I can enjoy things more and not always feel sick due to stress levels!
2. I’m quite shy.
I’m an introvert and I’m one of those wallflowers. Crowds are a little overwhelming to me, and I’d probably just end up hanging out somewhere in the corner alone. I want to talk, introduce myself and make friends, but social anxiety gets in the way! I dislike the feeling of so many pairs of eyes looking at me all at once. I honestly prefer small groups, where the laser beam eyes are less intense… haha.
If I had to think of something positive to come out of this flaw, it would be the ability to seek out other people who feel like they don’t fit in with the crowd or are shy themselves and be the one (or one of the people) to talk to them and help them feel less lonely. If I was talking to the majority, I’d be too busy to see that there may be others out there like me who aren’t talking to anyone as well!
3. I have an inferiority complex?
Being shy and socially anxious partly stems from my inferiority complex. I feel like I’m always not good enough and somehow there’s a huge gap, whether it’s social status or financial or knowledge-wise, and it definitely punches my confidence in the gut. I don’t have any sound reasons why I feel this way, but I get that a lot of times just by being around a person for a little while. It doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but it still lingers and occurs every now and then, and it’s annoying!
On the flip side, this has taught me to stay humble and realize that everyone has something that they’ll be better at than me, thus learn to appreciate others more. I really think it’s better this way than to be an arrogant a-hole. I’m also able stay out of drama, which is another plus!
My nominations
theremightbecoffee.wordpress.com
my9inctravelblog.wordpress.com
Birth Control Delivery – Better Access To Care
Things I Didn’t Know Before Blogging
Forager – A Cute and Highly Addictive Game
Fall Tag
Kat says
October 19, 2018 at 1:00 pmAw! I love you lady! This is a great post! You really make the most of those ‘flaws’! You have such a sweet soul <3
Geraldine says
October 19, 2018 at 1:23 pmHaha thank you Kat!! I’m trying really hard ☺ thank you for nominating me again xx
With the DeVaulls says
October 19, 2018 at 1:11 pmLoved this post! You are really brave to share your flaws with the world. I stress about things as well! I’m hoping for a stress be gone pill one day lol
Geraldine says
October 19, 2018 at 1:24 pmThank you so much! It’s not easy to think about it but I guess there’s always a silver lining out there! If you manage to make a pill like that I’ll buy a lot haha 😅😆
Loniesha says
October 19, 2018 at 2:50 pmLove this award! It’s so real & unique & it shows the reality of a person. Congrats, boo.
Geraldine says
October 19, 2018 at 8:27 pmThanks Loniesha! I thought it was really unique too 😄
Alison says
October 19, 2018 at 3:38 pmI love this! Well done for sharing your ‘flaws’, it’s not an easy thing to do. I hope you found it as useful as I did to think about them in a positive light. I like the positives to your shy side most of all, definitely don’t change! (Although maybe do keep working on the stress thing, don’t want you to keep being sick!) Xx
Geraldine says
October 19, 2018 at 8:33 pmThank you again for the nomination Alison! It really helped me to see the good in the bad. We don’t do that enough! I will definitely try other stress coping mechanisms!
Hanna Rose says
October 19, 2018 at 3:40 pmI definitely understand where you’re coming from on these points and I feel like you explained it all so eloquently. Like the kind commenter above says, you are brave to share this with the world and I really appreciate your willingness to be so open.
Great to see you find all of those hidden positives and take a brighter and more balanced view of your perceived flaws.
Stay positive, my love! Too much worrying never does anyone any good imho.
Hanna x
missbeautysaver.com
Geraldine says
October 19, 2018 at 8:48 pmoh thank you dear Hanna! It wasn’t pleasant to think about it initially but when I came around to the positives, I started feeling better! I definitely agree with you, and I truly wish there was an off switch to the worrying and stressing!! Must find better ways to cope!
Chloe Chats says
October 19, 2018 at 6:24 pmThank you for nominating me! 🙂 I definitely stress too much too! I’m actually sat in bed stressing right now about my day tomorrow ahaha xx
Chloe
http://www.chloechats.com
Geraldine says
October 19, 2018 at 8:55 pmYou’re welcome Chloe 😊 Oh no! hopefully you’re not stressing TOO much! haha
Nat says
October 21, 2018 at 11:18 amAww I love that you did the Flawesome award! 😀 Thank you so much for tagging me to take part in this award! Sadly I already have, but I’ve linked mine down below so you can see what I put! 😀
As always sweetpea, keep up the great blog posts! 😀
https://theremightbecoffee.wordpress.com/
Geraldine says
October 21, 2018 at 12:43 pmCongratulations for a second time then, Nat!! 💖😆 Thank you lovely!
Lavrax says
October 22, 2018 at 7:09 amI love this award so much! I’m exactly the same as you, and you are indeed awesome. SO much love xx
Geraldine says
October 22, 2018 at 8:36 pmAww I love how we are so similar 😘 Love you too girl
Iva. Sylva says
October 22, 2018 at 8:49 amCongratulations dear you deserved it all. Gon on keep winning! I love your posts and don’t see any flaws I see a fighter and a great person. Cheer dearie.
Geraldine says
October 22, 2018 at 8:37 pmThe flaws helped build me up to be a better person! Thank you so much 🙂
Paula |The Value of a Moment says
October 23, 2018 at 11:28 amI love the concept of this award! I can definitely relate to what you see as your “flaws”, I have the same issues. If you ask me, though…you’re just plain AWESOME !!😘
Geraldine says
October 23, 2018 at 5:00 pmI love it too! You are too kind Paula 🤗😍
Laura B says
October 23, 2018 at 12:54 pmCongratulations on your Flawesome award! Your flaws make you unique and an awesome person, thanks for opening up to all of us!
Geraldine says
October 23, 2018 at 5:06 pmIt was fun to make this post, thank you very much Laura! 🙂
Vinny says
October 25, 2018 at 3:13 amGeraldine! I can’t believe I missed this post! But thank you so much for this nomination, I’m so honored! This award is amazing and very encouraging! I’ll be working on the post very soon. Our flaws are pretty similar, I don’t particularly enjoy crowds and it really make me nauseous. 🙁
Geraldine says
October 25, 2018 at 10:16 pmYou are very welcome Vinny and no worries, I’ve been busy myself so I’ve been quite MIA! Haha good / bad to know we are similar in that aspect! 😄