5 Things That Happen When You're Addicted To Accuracy

Five things that happen when you're addicted to accuracy.

My friends that really know me know that I love to be accurate. Accuracy is arguably essential to my existence. Some might say I have an addiction ... and that may be an accurate assessment. ;) That being said, here is a list of five things that happen when you're addicted to accuracy.

1. You constantly have to resist the urge to correct people.

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"Well, actually ..." Yeah. You know your sentences often start out like that after someone else has finished talking about some situation you were part of. "Well, actually, I said this and then you said that." Or, "No, this actually happened before that happened." You may wonder why some people even bother retelling anything since they're never accurate. Of course, you've probably gotten pretty good at not correcting people on things that aren't important, but it's hard sometimes. Because accuracy.

2. People think you're annoying.

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When you repeatedly fail at number one, people are bound to think you're annoying. No one appreciates being corrected on every little thing, especially on inconsequential matters. Like what exact words were used and in what order.

3. You Hate Being Corrected

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When you have the audacity to correct someone, say, on their grammar, and then discover you were wrong, you're horrified. You thought you would be nice by suggesting they meant something else, like, "Don't you mean ...?" But then they figuratively stab you right in the gut when they say something like, "No, I actually meant what I said. That's why I said it this way instead of that way." What's worse is when it happens in public, or ON THE INTERNET of all places. And you want to crawl into a hole somewhere and never say anything again.

4. You Beat Yourself Up Over Past Mistakes

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That time when you used one word when you should have used a different one? Or that time you told a friend about a situation and then realized afterward you got the details wrong? Yeah, that's a terrible feeling. You contemplate looking like an idiot by going to your friend again just to correct your (inconsequential) details. Like, "I'm sorry, I was wrong when I told you I saw so-and-so in the chip aisle at Walmart. It was actually the cereal aisle." But you know your friend probably doesn't care, so instead of looking like a loser to your friend, you settle for just feeling like one to yourself. Either way, you are going to beat yourself up over it.

5. You can be surprisingly vague.

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When you have to recount an experience to someone, your account is often painfully detailed. But sometimes, if you can't remember everything exactly the way it was, you resort to vagueness and generality. Not that you don't want to be accurate and give details. You definitely do. You just would rather not go into it at all than be wrong in your details. Like, eh, whatever, not worth it.

Of course, I am sure other things happen that just these, but these are five of the main things that happen when you're addicted to accuracy.