Outloud Thinker

I'm an outloud thinker most of the time. It's got its pros and cons.

Pros:

• I don't often have a shortage of words (arguably, the introverts would think that's really a con).
• I enjoy talking to people and processing things together.
• Sometimes I say things that others don't want to say or don't think to say. For example, I am quick to say sorry when I should say sorry and quick to share my appreciation for someone or their gifts. Those are some of my values, but also, if I thought it, I'll tell you.
• Starting conversations with random strangers isn't too difficult.
• You get to hear my train of thought, which I guess could be a pro, depending on whether you wanted to know it or not.
• You don't really have to guess what I'm thinking much.
• I can "write" a sermon by talking to myself in the car.
• Public speaking is pretty comfortable for me. 

Cons:

• I say things before I've thought them through.
• I put my foot in my mouth often.
• What I say right away isn't always the final product, so you've got to listen longer to figure out what I really think, or where I was trying to go with that thought (that's not necessarily a con unless you're impatient or generally reactive).
• I stew about things until I've said them outloud.
• Introverts don't really want to engage in whatever thoughts I have as long as I do.
• I can't always make sense of things or make a decision until I've processed it outloud. It's hard to make snap decisions in situations that aren't wise for me to think it through outloud.
• It's difficult to have private thoughts. I have them, but not that many.
• I interrupt a lot, because I get too excited to say a thing I thought.
• Sometimes I think outloud into a microphone during church and that is probably a pro and a con.
• From Jesse after I asked him what he thought the pros and cons were: "con: standing around listening longer than you wanted to, when all you wanted to do was go get some ice cream."

Well, there are more cons written down than pros, but I like being an outloud thinker. I think it's a decent way to think, and I'm going to keep doing it.