Life is thick with intense levels of confounding dramas which can be confusing, but not to you! You are able to cut through the crap and seek only the most sensical of answers and solutions. But this way of thinking creates a certain set of difficulties that can be trying and frustrating. Here are the top 10 frustrations pragmatic and logical ladies face on the daily:
1. Having to be told constantly, “It’s not what you say, it’s how you’re saying it”.
Being that you speak concisely and are always eager to get to the point, people are quick to criticize your manner of speaking. Yes you might speak quickly and no you don’t sprinkle compliments and soft language into your directives, but sometimes you just are trying to get things done. You really aren’t going out of your way to hurt people’s feelings, you just don’t have time to entertain nonsensical ideas.
2. You have always been told that you’re “bossy”.
You tend to know the simplest way to do things, so you are almost always the one who ends up taking charge in a situation. People sometimes get annoyed with you for taking charge, but they also do not want to be the leader so you really get put in a strange and socially tenuous situation.
3. You are frequently the designated mom of the group.
You love being there for your friends, so you take you “mom” label very seriously because you care! But always being the most responsible person in the group is tiring, like just because you don’t want to go out on a Monday because (ummm class and work is the next day?) doesn’t mean you can’t get ~lit~ any other day! Rationality and acumen doesn’t equate to not wanting to have fun.
4. Always making executive decisions for the group.
You have never been one to debate back and forth on where you want to eat, what movie to see, or what the plans are. Also because you mad critical thinking skills, you are usually able to consider the preferences of your friends in order to come to a generally popular consensus.
5. Not understanding why people are bringing their emotions into a work meeting.
It’s not that you aren’t emotionally intelligent, you just get the difference between when it is time to talk about business and when it’s time to have a feelings sharing time. Now obviously emotions are a part of life so you can’t just remove them; but you are certainly able to shift your focus from the woes of your life to “what is the duty schedule this week?” without being hurt by it.
6. People ask you for relationship advice because you’re ~smart~.
People think you have some of the best advice around because they will come to you with a problem and you basically tell them to say exactly what they mean to exactly who they want to say it to. Simple as that.
7. When you have a lot of emotional turmoil in your life and people ask you how you’re doing.
When ish hits the fan, this can be a confusing and hard time for you because you have to correlate irrational and powerful feelings with your generally clear and collected thought process.
8. You have accepted that you will never make EVERYONE happy.
Part of being rational is accepting that life isn’t a beauty pageant and we can’t all be winners of a personality contest. You know that some people will not be oh so appreciative of you and your direct ways so you know that you’ve just got to be mature and move on. Spend time with the people who accept you and everyone will be appreciative!
9. Arguing with another logical individual with a different viewpoint can feel like a battle of epic proportions.
People usually don’t have the time or energy to argue with you because they know you will have more than adequate justification for your point. But when another rational person comes at you with their own and different train of rational thought, you will find yourself challenged in a new way which can be crazy frustrating.
10. But because you are logical, you have mad respect for a equal competitor.
When you can logically follow the thought process of your debater, you are in awe of the fact that you are actually seeing the sense that this person is making. You might even expand your mind from finding someone who argues the opposite point as you because it pushes you to think beyond your usual paradigm. There is no growth in the comfort zone you know!
