Maybe I am having a quarter life crisis. Or maybe this is something that everyone deals with when they change jobs…. But recently I have had so many people ask “whats your passion?” or “How do you define yourself?” I struggle with these questions because I feel like I am so many things to different people!I am a daughter, a sister, a girlfriend, a teacher, a sales rep, a friend- so on and so forth… you get the point!
The one thing that is common amongst all of my rolls is “ACCOUNTABILITY”- doing what you say you will do!
I am sure this stems from one underlying cause- my fathers. Yes I said Fathers as in 2!
I was born to Michelle and Ron Williams but they split shortly after my birth. Ron wanted to be a father only when it was convinent for him. There were numerous times he would say… Oh lets go to Six Flags, or I’ll come get you tonight and you can stay with me for the weekend. I was about 5 and had the cutest little red suitcase that said “I’m going to Grandmas”. I would get so excited when he would say we were going to do something. I would pack my little red suitcase and sit on the front porch step awaiting his arrival. More that once I would sit out there until the moon would rise. My mom would come out and say.. Tab come on in… it doesn’t look like he is going to make it. And I would cry “But he said he would….”
This is where father 2 comes in! Bob. My mom got remarried to a fellow named Bob. Bob is just the opposite of Ron. Bob was always there for me and always followed through on what he said he would do.As I got older I became involved in all sorts of activities but I was a particularly good figure skater. I got the opportunity to be a voluteer teacher to 5 and 6 year olds first learning to skate. One afternoon during a class a little girl named Sara who really looked up to me said… after class will you teach me how to do the friendship spin I nonchalantely said yes thinking she would forget in 20 minutes. I was 15 and way too cool to be haning out with 6 year olds- I mean after all had friends to skate with. Class ended and I skated with my friends and when the session was over Bob came to pick me up as promised. We are standing in the lobby as I am taking off my skates Sara walks up to me with tears in her eyes and asks why I didn’t want to skate with her after class was over. Bob witnesses all this and when we get in the car starts questioning me… what was that all about. I explain and he says… “But you said you would….”I guess that is when it really stuck. I heard myself saying those words to my mom when I was 5 and now Bob reiterating that doing what you say you are going to do really has some value.
Today as a sales rep and even in my relationship I pride myself on doing what I say I am going to do.
What have you said you were going to do that you haven’t followed through on? Maybe you said you would call someone back and didn’t, or you would help with a project but got to busy…. Think about who you are…. What defines you? The defenition of me is ACCOUNTABLE! I am who I am and I do what I do because I said I would….
