Concerning Snobery

At the beginning of last year, or perhaps the end of the year before, I read "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"; I loved it. I have ever been a purpose driven person and have never known a time when I did not doggedly pursue my passion. In the past few years though I have realized that much of the time I present myself as a snob to many, and a know-it-all to as many more. Finding myself the sort of person who prefers to recognized my faults and correct them, I have made an attempt at sorting out why others, and myself, could see me in such a light.
Forgive me I am coming to the point.
I had a revelation the other day; through a culmination of books that I have read, pod-casts I have listened to, and several conversations with my darling husband. I understand now that I am not really a snob so much as I am maybe not very good at communicating my thoughts, so you see.
I would suggest that I am much akin to Sherlock Holmes in my approach to life. I have a vision for my life and follow my purpose to that end. Anything that is outside my area of influence, or that which does not directly or immediately effect my path, I tend to ignore and be quite indifferent toward. Such things as politics (and anything pertaining thereto), news, pop culture, reality anything, sitcoms, drama, world events, a formal college education, and the like. I tend to, as some may see it, shelter myself from those thing. I have access to them, but no interest in them. Some may say that is a very narrow vision of the world, very small indeed. Yet I would say just the opposite. These areas my be of concern to many other people, if they have influence over them or no, and that is their choice.
In the simplicity of the life I chose, I have less stress and more control over what is or is not in my life. I chose to shield my mind from the aspects of the world that have little or nothing to do with my vision and purpose; because of that I have the freedom to seek out knowledge and even wisdom in the things that do come into my path. Things such as classical education and homeschooling, Biblical marriage and parenting, computer technology, natural and herbal remedies, Christian values and character, and social and economic statistics. These are the things I care about and have significance in my vision. I research these areas on multiple levels and educate myself until I am satisfied. There is a virtual ocean of information out there pertaining to these subjects and I am content swimming through every bit of it.
One of the habits of highly effective people is that they only concern themselves with the things they have control over. I cannot say that I have perfected this habit, but I like to think that i have a decent start on it. I have learned that the world is only as small or as large as you make it. In the same turn, I have discovered that life is only as complicated and stressful as you allow. I was once taught that everything in life is a choice, some are harder than others, but we can learn and grow from them all. My husband and I are a team in our vision, though we see it from different points of view, we see the same picture.We chose a simple, self educated life, where when hardships come we meet them head on. We are not financially well off, but we have a good life.