I'm not entirely sure how to classify this, it's not so much a habit as a lifestyle. I wouldn't say that i'm a people pleaser, i think the more correct terminology may be that i'm a perfectionist. And that perfection then lends itself not only into my view of myself, but to the view others have of me. I have this need to do everything above, beyond, and better then I think I can. I don't really know why, I think it's just that determination, or resolve that has always been ingrained in me. I tend to do things just for the sake of perfecting them, pushing myself to see how much I can achieve. Some would probably classify this as good, and to an extent they're right. It's what has allowed me to come as far as I have (all by God's grace obviously), but at the same time it is also brings with it tremendous stress and pressure. Not the pressure that other people put on me, but the pressure I put on myself. I have such high expectations for myself, and the thought of not only disappointing others, but disappointing myself scares me. I wish I wasn't like this, I wish I didn't have to feel the need to be completely perfect all the time, and I'm working on it. And as hard of a habit as it is to break, I know it's one I have to deal with or otherwise it could break me.
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