If you're anything like me you might be super competitive. Now I'm not saying that being competitive is a good quality, but I am also not saying it's a bad one either. I had a teacher once that would make sure that nothing she did was a competition in any way shape or form. I remember her always saying that making situations into competitions was inappropriate and childish. In my opinion, I personally do not think that statement was true. At least in my experience when I know there is a friendly competition I tend to have more motivation. Ever since I can remember, I have been competitive not to the point where I have to be better than other people, but I just would always enjoy winning rather than losing. When I was younger and people would tell me that it's not about whether you win or lose not how you play the game, I could never relate to that. As I got older I realized that the statement was true and you don't have to win at everything in life but I'm not going to lie winning still feels amazing.
1. You turn everything into a competition.
Whether my friends and I are having a heated game of Monopoly or we are just casually strolling down the sidewalk, I find a way to make it a competition. Currently my friends and I are obsessed with the game "what are the odds" where you make up something that the other person has to do and someone counts down. If you and the other person say the same number they have to do whatever you bet them for. I always have lots of fun but there's always some kind competition because I can't help myself. I also just have so much fun with competitions that stopping just seems like it would be very boring.
2. You find friends that are also very competitive (and games get heated real fast).
I have this rule with a few of my friends "whatever is said in a game stays in that game." I highly suggest that rule if you are playing with your other really competitive friends because if you have played with competitive people before, you know as well as I do that some phrases that are said should not be taking seriously, if they were said in the duration of a game.
3. You know exactly what you are good at and you play it all the time.
For me, the game that I am really good at is Monopoly. I absolute love that game. That's the game I could just sit and play for hours which is good because as you might know Monopoly takes forever. I can remember one instance where I and a few of my friends were playing monopoly and we played almost four games we had started at 10 that night and ended at almost three in the morning. I would have to keep playing if it wasn't for the fact that my friends were completely over it at that point.
Being competitive is very fun in my opinion it keeps me on my toes and keeps me motivated.
