Ctrl C, Ctrl V
I am currently working on a really good post. It’s thoughtful, insightful, humorous, and well edited.
Do you think if I type that a bunch of times it will come true? Probably not. I’d get tired of typing and just cut and paste it over and over. That’s the problem. I like a lot of things. When I get bored with one I just jump to the next. It’s a constant cycle of mediocrity.
I was reading an article and one sentence stuck in my head. The sentence said something like - find what you like to do and just keep doing it. That sounded great to me. Except I like to do a lot of things. There is really no one thing that I really love to do. I enjoy many different things in many different ways. I am very open-minded like that.
In high school I took a test that was supposed to tell me what type of occupation I was best suited for. I was thrilled. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and was really looking forward to a little guidance. The guidance counselor met with me to discuss the results. She showed me a chart that listed my strengths. Anything in the shaded section is an area in which you have a strong aptitude. Almost everything was in the shaded section. I was mad that I had wasted so much time taking the stupid test in the first place.
The guidance counselor had a big smile when she told me I could do anything I wanted. My mom had a big smile when I told her I could do anything I wanted. I was depressed. I didn’t know what I wanted. I still don’t.
So I’ll just sit here and wish that I had one all consuming passion that I could focus on at the exclusion of all others. Something that would prove right all the people that told me I had an amazing mind and prove wrong all the people that underestimated me. Maybe tomorrow I’ll figure it out. Or maybe the next day. Right now I am currently working on a really good post. It’s thoughtful, insightful, humorous, and well edited. (Yeah, Ctrl C, Ctrl V) I’m off to bake some bread and draw more eyes in my sketch book. Then I might knit a baby sock and weed my flower garden. I’ll enjoy all of it, be kinda good at most of it, but I won’t be exceptionally good at any of it.
I wish someone had told me I would never be any good at something. I think that would be the one thing that I could be passionate about. I can be defiant like that. But really, what would be the point in that. Being passionate about proving someone wrong doesn’t seem like a good thing to be passionate about.
What do you think? Is it better to be really good at one thing or kinda good at many things? Does enjoying what you do make up for the lack of skill or talent? What would you choose, a great passion for one thing you do very well or the ability to enjoy many things you do adequately?
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i think… i AM going to be you when i grow up! YIPPEEE!!!!!! :)
in college, i was REALLY good at writing poetry and illustrating fashion.
in my late 20s, early 30s, i was REALLY good at spreadsheets and getting a gazillion clothes manfactured overseas. right now, i’m really good at one thing - ensuring two kids with some of my DNA stay alive. in the future, i hope to write a book (maybe more) and get a little $ for my little drawings….
so, if i was still single, i’d want (i had) a passion for one thing i did very well. now that i’m a wife and a mother, i want the ability to enjoy the many things i do adequately. though on days like today, i’m not sure what i do would even qualify as adequate… ;)
See, I have a real problem. I’m good at so many things, and I enjoy them all. It’s too much really.
um, seriously, I like sleeping and would enjoy that to no end, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to showcase those skills again
BTW, I like the new layout.
I am a jack of all trades, master of none. actually, I am more of a 7 of clubs of all trades, but you get the idea.
I have been my happiest once I realized that doing things for or to impress others leads to nothing but doing the things that make me feel great, no matter how bad I am at those things, puts a huge smile on my face.
the layout is way awesome.
Mamazilla, you always make me smile! I know what you mean about some days. I guess I’d go with enjoying all the things I do adequately because adequately is the only way I can get (almost all of) them all done. :)
Whit, it must be tough being you. I mean really, I feel for you. As for sleep. Sleep is for (censored). Your a SAHP now. Suck it up.
Anthony you’re the ace of my hearts or maybe a royal flush. The jury is still out. Any time spent smiling is time well spent.
Glad you guys like the layout!