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Not everyone is a risk taker

There are those who love taking risks, and then there are those, like me, who are risk-averse and like to play it safe.

Taking risks could include:

  • Having children when ambivalent (there are actually people who have thought it through carefully, as I have)
  • Starting a business
  • Gambling
  • Drag racing
  • Staying out at late hours of the night
  • Having unprotected sex
  • Jumping out of a plane, mountain climbing, swimming with sharks, or partaking in other adrenaline-pumping, high-risk activities
  • Moving to a new city or country
Not all of us have a high tolerance for risk. It depends largely on one's personality. I have always been one to play it safe and go by the book. Though it has certainly kept me out of trouble, I realize I can seem like a stick in the mud in some people's eyes.

I've never developed an insatiable hunger for adventure like some of my friends and relatives have. But I guess that's what makes the world interesting, isn't it? We not only come in different shapes and sizes, but with dissimilar interests and temperaments. We complement one another's differences -- what one person lacks, the other makes up for in her own unique ways. 

If you ever feel pressured to change who you are, don't cave! Embrace who you are, whether it's a high octane adventurer or a cerebral bookworm. We all have something to contribute to the world.

Do you consider to be risk-loving or risk-averse? 


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