High Maintenance and High Quality

Although I naturally consider myself as a low maintenance woman. Even years ago, when someone told me that I appear to be a high maintenance woman, I strongly disagreed. Honestly, I was offended and wondered what gave them that impression.  I was offended and did not understand why I was so offended. When a person is labeled high maintenance, people immediately think of money and materialistic things. A high maintenance woman in most eyes is a woman who needs luxury treats and expensive experiences in order to be happy. A woman who is self-centered, who wants money and has expensive taste. On any level, a perceived high maintenance woman is difficult, stuck up, or a gold digger.

This might be true for some people and others who might have experienced a person like this, but my definition is very different. As a matter of fact, I AM HIGH MAINTENANCE

In my world, being high maintenance has absolutely nothing to do with materialistic things but has everything to do with my inner being. I am high maintenance because I expect a high level of respect and courtesy from people around me.  I place myself at a higher standard, and I treat people with that same energy. My mind is high maintenance because I’m striving for greatness each and every day. I refuse to settle for less, and I want to be the best version of myself. I want the same for people around me from friends, partners, colleagues and even strangers. I am high maintenance because I enjoy higher level conversations that stimulate me mentally and can challenge my views. When I think about it from this perspective, I have never been and never will be a low maintenance woman as I once self-proclaimed.

Call me high maintenance now, and I’ll say thank you.