Moderation is Key

I have an addictive personality. When I find something I like, I tend to take it to the extreme. This is the case with hobbies, food, and everyday chores. Overkill.

It runs in my family, too. My dad knows no moderation. He'll buy 3 tubes of toothpaste instead of one. He'll order sopapillas for the entire table when he is the only one that wants to eat them. Overkill.

When we gather for a family event, we have 4 dessert choices instead of one, and we eat the entire cow instead of a couple of ribs. Most often in our family, it's the whole pig instead of a few slices of ham. Let's remember the Great Easter Throwdown of '07 which saw me consuming so much pork that my entire body swelled for 3 days. Overkill.

Though, the puffy feeling was worth every piece of honey-glazed goodness.

As you can read, I use excess most often when it comes to food. But I do it with hobbies such as running. I'll run 4 miles when 2 would keep my heart in good condition. Most recently, my obsessive tendencies and addictive personality has manifested when it comes to cleaning. This would normally be acceptable but yesterday I realized that I was doing something completely irrational.

I really like to Squee-Gee the glass in my shower when I turn off the water. I REALLY like it. It keeps the glass relatively spot-free and then I have to windex the glass less often. Bonus. Well, after my shower yesterday, I Squee-Geed the glass and then proceeded to the walls. When I finished with the walls, I had a feeling inside of completion. So, I then Squee-Geed the FLOOR of the shower. There was not a drop of water left in that shower.

Overkill. Mixed with feelings of accomplishment, pride, and pristene cleanliness.

Like I said...addictive personality, knows no moderation, takes things to the extreme. Is this normal behavior? I'll ask myself that next time I'm Squee-Geeing the commode or kitchen sink.

Heaven forbid!