Seeking Approval

Hello.

I might argue that receiving approval in certain arenas--in the professional world especially--is necessary, to an extent. Verification from a boss that a job has been completed satisfactorily and completely, for example, shows how well you are doing and where improvement may be needed (or if the danger of being fired is approaching--Eee). Approval-seeking mutates into something negative when an employee seeks approval (or perhaps compliments) for the purpose of ego-puffing or self-centered, feel-good reasons. So, in short, a wrong attitude toward seeking approval is where a possible problem arises, not the approval itself; at least in the realm of a person's career.

Mayhaps I'm wrong, though. Just a thought.

Personally, I tend to seek approval in social and creative areas. And it's more than just approval, really; I'm often looking for compliments (creatively) and for a positive, flattering response (socially). Most people want that, though, methinks.

But frankly, I don't give a burnt piece of toast whether or not I receive complements/approval/gold-sticker-esque rewards for my outward appearance. I am perfectly content to accept my mirror-breaking, run-away-screaming, and alarming looks and move swiftly onward (breaking mirrors and scaring people as I onward go, of course). Right.

Jam it back in, in the dark.