Being a better human, one week at a time

I am a flawed person. Everyone is. A year or two ago I have started to watch my personality traits more closely, as they negatively affected my life: a disagreement with a colleague blocking a common way forward, a bin that should be been taken out that starts to stink, a messed up sleep schedule that made the next few days miserable. I would love to solve all of them. I find them annoying and I know a person doing their best lives more enjoyable life. "It is not possible to solve everything" feels true, but on the other hand I still have several decades to prove this claim wrong. Let me tell you, fighting your brain is hard work, with lots of obstacles and derailments trying to push you off-course. At workMy manager hates it when I take up more work than I should have. Whenever I pick up work someone else should be doing, they make it very clear they are upset with my behavior. You can imagine a kindergarten where a teacher is correcting you for taking the last piece of candy even…