Are you a Risk taker in Your Life?


On a scale of 1 to 5 what level are You? 1 being Lowest level.



I'm a 1 don't like taking Risks.

3 for me.

Well, moving to Ireland in 2004 was the biggest risk, I ever took. Because I had to start from scratch.

More of a risk manager?
Figure out what I want/have to do, or what's going to happen to me, then look for the risks, and try to mitigate them where I can?


I don't really understand this.

I mean some people have no problem jumping out of airplanes, but the thought of approaching someone they like and asking them out absolutely terrifies them.
Skydiving is not seen as a risk, but asking someone out is.

Some people can hit on and ask out complete strangers that are in groups, but can't climb a ladder.

Perceptions of risk are highly subjective.
Not everyone is going to agree on what constitutes a "risk."


If I say I'm a 2.8754...what could that possibly mean to you, what value would that have?


I don't know what this means.

How much of this is hyperbole? Or is this just a cry for help and/or attention?

You reside in a bubble located in an earthquake, tornado, tsunami, etc. proof hospital eating perfectly nutritionally balanced meals while speaking through some kind of intermediary that accesses the internet for you?

If the scale is 1 to 5, then statistically the average is going to be about 3.
And that's accounting for average daily risks like leaving the house, opening the window, having a pet, bathing, driving, going to work. Things people do every day and no one really sees any risk.

So as a 1 are you being honest? You see pretty much everything as a risk? Possibly constantly terrified of even moving? It takes you a day to work up the courage to turn on your computer for fear of causing a short in the wiring and starting your house on fire or being electrocuted or being prey to identity theft?

Or are you saying you are superwoman being able to overcome such tremendous risk perception that you can even sign onto the internet?

It might be meaningful if you asked something like "what do you see are the greatest risks you face everyday? How easy is it to cope with them, or what do you do to mitigate or cope with them? What are you doing to get away from them?" Or things like that.


TLDR: Without defining what risk is, what you get out of the answer, or comparing subjective approaches in a standard way my answer would have to be "approximately 3, +/- up to 2 for interpretive error."

Waking up, and getting out of bed,
you could slip and crack your head
open on the bed rail.

Life is full of risk.

Yes.

5.

Details partially covered in profile.

Film at 11.

Interesting replies.

I built a VW camper bus and drove up to Washington and back (from Texas) after staying the summer.

Only had $500 in my pocket when I started out.

Even took the 104 through New Mexico.....

WOW.

That was a huge Risk!

I generally weigh things out...

Profit vs. loss
Adventure vs. the same old rerun.
Fun vs. mortality

And, then,
I do it anyway.


6

Probably 5. Mostly calculated risks with a good bit of dumb luck thrown in.

I will pass on this question in case something goes wrong !

It was indeed. I left everything behind and I was in my mid 30s already.

Not much of a risk taker. There's also a difference between calculated risks and reckless risks.

When younger I did take more risks. Decided to stay behind in Australia after a holiday with parents to travel around, backpacking, only $110 in my pocket. Meaning I had to find work within a few days or it'd be going back home flat broke.

I've packed up a few times to move in with a man, totally trusting, not thinking how hard it'd be to find a home if things went wrong.
I didn't think twice about it then, now I see that as a huge risk.

I think these days I'm a 2 in general.

I also think taking risks or not has a lot to do with having financially safety or not. If you know you still can eat and have a roof over your head because you have enough money or regular income, it is much easier to take (some) risks.

This basically sums it up for me. There are some things that I would rate 5 on a scale of 1 to 5, like when I packed up a couple years ago and headed out into the world to start over. Spending a couple years doing seasonal work and travel, not knowing for sure where the next job would be, was a huge risk, especially at my age, haha.

And then there's other things like matters of the heart (love and pursuing other passions in life) that put me at level 1 in being a risk taker.

Matters of the heart means fear of rejection, so quite logical most have a problem there.

And heading out into the world was into the US, still your own country, and not by choice. If given the choice you likely wouldn't have done it. At least that's what I'm guesstimating. I would do it too if forced by a hurricane or a flood, it leaves you with no choice. But to take that risk, which is by choice, nope!
Age is a biotch concerning risk taking, hihi. And money.

Do you btw also feel that taking that first step is the worst and often what makes you not do something, yet once you've stepped over that threshold it suddenly seems fun and easy?
I always feel I'm a bit like a locomotive when it comes to new things: taking time to get the engine warmed up and under enough pressure, but once the locomotive is going it's near unstoppable.

Actually, I did have a choice back then. I could have stayed in the trailer that was still livable and lived next to my toxic family. And I was offered my job back at the resort doing other things, plus they would have given me housing. I chose to leave that world behind instead. But yes, I agree, had it not been for the hurricane, I probably wouldn't have picked up and left... either that or it would have taken me longer to make the decision.

Definitely feels like you're a locomotive after that first step, haha. And it was fun, once I started trying new things like snow shoeing, I wanted to do more and did do more, hihi.

It's also funny how once you stop and stay put for a while, you seem to forget how much fun it was to go do things. I need to remember that and get out there exploring again. It's difficult right now with the whole lockdown thing still going on though.

Hell yes! Then you have to start all over again with getting the engine going, working hard to throw coal in it, build up pressure etc. etc. haha.
I'm the same. Even though I know how much fun it is to get out of my comfort-zone. I think it is that way for many, but I have wondered if it is more difficult for Taurus since Taurus has an innate thing with change.
And I have implemented an awful lot of change in my life, more so than average I think, but it did take time. Again that locomotive and coal stuff, haha. Which results in overstaying my welcome, staying in a situation longer than I know is good for me.

Oh how we Taurians love that comfort zone, haha. Maybe I'll get a little locomotive train to keep out in the open... a symbol to help me remember to get climb out of the box every now and then. Or at least a picture of one, haha.