Do you remember the kid in high school who never studied and got straight A's on everything? The one who could memorize and remember just about anything? There was always one person who never misspelled a word, who wrote with perfect grammar, got 100 percent on all the math tests, picked up foreign languages quickly, played sports well, etc. It seemed there was nothing this kid couldn't do.
I am that kid. Everthing seemed to come so easily, so naturally. I couldn't understand why others needed to spend hours reviewing and studying the same thing and scored 83 on the test the next day. Maybe they just didn't have common sense or logic, I thought. If I ever scored less than perfect, it was usually due to me speeding through and making a stupid mistake.
During my college years, I kept up my study habits and it worked well for a time. But the time came when there was something I didn't understand and I couldn't make myself study and review for more than 15 - 30 minutes at a time. I just could not do it. My brain would not let me study or I'd go crazy. I get restless focusing on one thing for too long.
It's funny how my mind can relate two subjects that apparently have nothing in common, but that's what I do. I learn something of everything and find some sort of commonality in them. I never become an expert in one thing. As I said, I can't sit myself down to focus on one thing for very long. As a result, I probably have an above average understanding of many different things, more than most people. There are experts in any given field and my knowledge/understanding pales in comparison. But compared to everyone else, it appears that I know all about it. Myabe I know enough of so many things, that I can fake my intelligence with people who don't specialize in that field.
What creates a challenge then is trying to figure out how to make a career out of this. How can I get paid to do something like this to support my family? What sort of employment would I love? Am I doomed to never be truly good at something?
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Hi, I forgot you linked to me.
Keep doing what you're good at, work your talents, and it'll come.
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