Fill in The Blank Friday

It's been a while since I did one of these so I figured I would do this week's Fill in the Blank Friday. Enjoy!

1. If I could only read one magazine publication for the rest of eternity, I would choose Marie Claire. I like how diverse it is.

2. If I were to run my own magazine it would have a little bit of everything to cater to lots of different types of people. It would probably be targeted at women only though. Let's see, there would be articles about health, wealth, beauty and sex advice. There would also be lots of interesting articles about what women all over the world are doing to take care of themselves. There would of course be a lot about music and up and coming bands.

3. I buy my magazines (at the grocery check stand or via subscription) I'm all about subscriptions-this is definitely the cheaper way to go in the long run. I love when a new magazine comes in the mail to me.

4. I prefer my magazines (in print or online) Must be in print - I am not a fan of online magazines. I don't think I'll ever be one of those people that strictly looks at magazines online. I enjoy being able to tear things out, circle things, cut out things and simply turning the pages can never be replaced.

5. The number of magazines I buy each month is 6. I subscribe to 6 magazines. One was a birthday gift to my last year-Thanks Tonya!

6. My favorite magazine genre is (lifestyle, gossip, home, etc...) a combination of fashion, health/fitness, music, news, beauty and relationship advice.

7. The magazines I read regularly are Rolling Stone, Spin, Glamour, Cosmo, Marie Claire and Runners World.

What competitive nature?

As I sat down this lazy Monday evening to peruse through my latest Runners Magazine, something struck me as I was looking at their list of 2010 Running Heroes. These incredible men and women strive for excellence in all their running endeavours. They long to be the best in every event they participate in. In fact, most of them want to be better then the best, they want to be the ultimate super best. Yes, that exits.

They are constantly working to improve their finishing times, their speed and of course, their overall performance. Each of these runners want to hold any and all records for half marathons, marathons and also shorter runs. The one trait that all of them have in common is the competitive drive. In the dictionary online, " 'competitive' is defined as having or displaying a strong desire to be more successful than others".

Honestly, I don't think I have that in me. I never think, "Wow, I really want to be better at this than her or him."

If someone were to carefully examine all the personality traits in me, I am certain the competitive gene would be missing. I must have been absent the day they were handing it out. I just don't have it. But I'm not sure I want it either. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of seriously competitive people. They are usually angry when they aren't the best at whatever it is that they are doing and sometimes take it out on others. I feel like the complete opposite of all that. I mean, what's the point of all that competitive nature if it leads to sadness and aggression if the ultimate goal isn't reached?

I don't know... Perhaps, I would be a more successful person in life if I had a little more of a competitive nature in me. Who knows? However, I really don't think there's anything wrong with instead of working towards being the best out of everyone, simply striving to do the best that you can do. That's exactly what I do. I strive for my own personal excellence. I guess I compete with myself occasionally but is that really being competitive?

Are you competitive? How so?