Alright so last Tuesday I finally got around to sorting out this whole Virgo personality thing. Seriously needed it ’cause my boyfriend kept calling me a “nitpicky control freak,” and honestly? It stung. Wanted to see if there was any truth to those stars mumbo-jumbo.
Digging Up the Dirt
First step? Hit up my old notebooks – the physical ones, not those fancy apps. Dusted off a stack from the closet shelf. Remembered scribbling stuff about signs years ago after a weird tarot reading phase. Flipped through pages like mad, coffee cup steaming beside me. Found… nothing useful. Just some embarrassing teenage poetry and a pressed flower. Back to square one.
Brain Dumping Like Crazy
Fine. Grabbed a fresh notebook, my favorite blue pen, and just started writing everything I knew about Virgos. No filter. Let it all spill out:
- Good Stuff: Helping my sister move apartments twice, color-coding my spice rack because chaos is unacceptable, actually reading appliance manuals.
- Bad Stuff: That time I re-folded my roommate’s “wrong” towels, spending an hour picking the perfect avocado, stressing over a typo in a group chat three days later.
Looking at that list? Felt super exposed. Like yeah, okay, maybe the precision thing is real. And maybe the worrying. A lot.
Ranking the Mess
Stared at my messy list for ages. Coffee gone cold. Decided to pick the Top 5 for each side – strengths I kinda own, weaknesses that trip me up daily. Wrestled with it. Was “actually fixing things” better than “remembering everyone’s birthday”? Was “over-analyzing every text message” really worse than “holding grudges over tiny slights”? Brutal.
Here’s the final cut:
Top 5 Virgo Strengths (I Actually Show):
- Getting shit done right (mostly)
- Paying scary attention to details
- Actually being helpful (not just saying it)
- Wildly organized systems (my Google Calendar terrifies people)
- Crazy loyal once you’re in the circle
Top 5 Virgo Weaknesses (That Haunt Me):
- Criticizing myself (and others) into dust
- Getting paralyzed trying to make the PERFECT choice
- Worrying about everything, like, literally everything
- Judging messy people way too hard (sorry, boyfriend)
- Stressing over tiny mistakes forever
Writing that weakness list felt like poking a bruise. Spot on, annoyingly so.
The Point? Using It.
Okay, so cool, the stars called me out. Now what? Put the notebook down. Next time my boyfriend left dishes in the sink? Instead of silently seething and rearranging them “properly,” I actually said something. Something like, “Hey, the dishes bug me, can we find a spot?” Simple. Not perfect. Didn’t lecture him on optimal drying techniques. Felt weird. But… kinda worked? Small step.
That’s the takeaway, I guess. Lists are nice. Understanding why you freak out over a crooked picture frame? Sure, helpful. But using it to maybe, possibly, be slightly less of a pain in the ass? That’s the real project. Baby steps. Still stressing about the avocado, though.
