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What are you good at?

Fallyn posted on Nov 05, 2007 | views: 254 | Tags: insight, self, acknowledgment, good things, self-assessments

Name five things that you are good at.  i know you can think of at least five!

here are mine.

1. I'm a very good cook.....i can make up recipes on my own, and people usually like what i cook.

2. I'm good at empathizing with people and putting myself in their shoes. I can generally read people pretty well and tell what they might need or what's bothering them....especially little children.

3. I'm a very good portrait photographer. I am good at taking pictures of people who believe they won't like the results, I'm good at bringing out the beauty of people in a portrait and making them be able to see their own beauty.

4. I'm good at fitting in. In nearly any situation......it's possible that being a good chameleon isn't a desirable trait....but it's been very helpful to me.

5. I'm good at repairing things.....mechanical things, and carpentry.....i've fixed a toaster, a piano, a table, lots of the kids toys, and other stuff i don't really remember.


that was REALLY hard. way harder than i thought it would be.


now......list five things that you aren't very good at.....BUT ....only list them if they are things you can improve. ....not things that are beyond your control.

1. I'm not very good at being a mom. I love my kids so much.....but the day to day things can be very difficult.  routines are difficult for me.

2. I'm not a very good housekeeper.  

3. I'm not good at protecting myself and establishing boundaries, and sticking up for myself.     

4. I'm not a very good listener, and i talk to much.   

5. I'm not very good at sticking with things i need to do. I procrastinate a lot. And i have very little will power. .


wow, that was even harder.......i guess it's good to take a good hard look at yourself once in awhile. and i know i can fix those things.......none of them are things that are completely beyond my control.
but it was hard to admit to not being good at some of those things.

Can you list 5 of each?



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  • uniquely-ironic said on Nov 05, 2007....
    Good Ats
     
    1. I'm good at playing music and/or singing.  I'm not going to front a rock band or play with a symphony, but I have a nice voice and play instruments with passion.
     
    2. I'm good at playing with children of all ages.  They know I'm just an overgrown kid.
     
    3. I'm good at decorating a home.  People who come to my home frequently tell me how relaxing my home feels. (I'm assuming that's good)
     
    4. I'm good at keeping secrets.  Once entrusted to my ears it goes no further.  Period.
     
    5. I'm good at doing research.  I have at least double the "dumb luck" neccesary to find out or figure out most things.
     
    Bad Ats
     
    1. I'm bad at being patient.  Just plain suck at it.
     
    2. I'm bad at saving money.  Not bankrupt bad, but I usually live "on the edge" financially.
     
    3. I'm notoriously bad at remembering birthdays.  I usually remember a week or month late.
     
    4. I'm bad at keeping my opinion to myself.  There are times it's better to keep your mouth shut, and I seem to have no skills there.
     
    5. I'm bad at giving someone my word in an absolute way.  I tend to hedge and be vague because I always consider some horrible thing happening to make fufilling my word impossible and THAT would be worse than waffling.
     
    You're right.  The bad is harder.  Not that I'm perfect, but it's hard to be open about faults.  BTW, I think you're a good mom.  The day to day stuff isn't being a mom, it's just the chores.  Caring passionately about your children is being a mom, and you're 100% mom material.
     
     
  • Fallyn said on Nov 05, 2007....
    later i thought of lots more stuff i'm bad at and good at......but it was definitely hard.
    awwwww, thankyou! that means so much to me!
  • secretlife said on Nov 05, 2007....
    ohhhhhhh i was thinking of posting something  like this yesterday!!!
    i was trying to think of something positive to post for a change!!!
     
    ok, let me try:
     
    Things i'm good at:
     
    being a mom.......i have good days and bad days, but more good than bad-
     
    coming up with ideas
     
    organizing events
     
    reading out  loud
     
    writing
     
     
    Things i'm not good at
     
    admitting my limitations to myself
     
    saying no
     
    balancing a checkbook
     
    housework - my husband is much better at it!
     
    driving in reverse
  • Fallyn said on Nov 05, 2007....
    ooooh...that reminded me *grin*.........i'm really good at parallel parking!!!

    thankyou secret!! for posting! i think it helps all of us....it's something that's hard to look at sometimes.
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 05, 2007....
    I'm going to do it backward so that I end with the good things. ;-)

    I'm not good at:

    time management - I procrastinate a lot

    housekeeping - I need to keep a better rein on the day-to-day clutter

    asking for help, whether I'm in big trouble or just need someone to talk to about my day

    being patient

    accepting that there are things I can't fix for those I care about, that not every hurt is something I can heal or help with...I wrestle with this every day

    I'm decent at:

    writing poetry when the mood strikes - if I can get it all down before something breaks my concentration

    calming little kids/babies when they're upset (good thing, too :-p)

    staying calm in the face of fear/when something horrible happens

    helping people heal emotionally or at least showing them how to help themselves

    making someone feel special/loved through a hug

    ~Infernal

  • Fallyn said on Nov 05, 2007....
    those are wonderful infernal!
    it's so weird....when people post things it reminds me of more things i'm good at......*grin*

    and bad at.....but...oh well.

  • scipio said on Nov 06, 2007....

    The older I get the better I used to be.

    Well, sort of in almost everything ....

  • Fallyn said on Nov 06, 2007....
    *giggling*
  • dazed_and_confused said on Nov 06, 2007....
    Interesting survey :)

    I think I decent in:
    1. debugging source codes (nerdy nerd nerd, I'm a girl btw LOL).
    2. archery. I'm pretty decent when it comes to my recurve bow. :D
    3. planning things. (though the execution part is a bit off LOL)
    4. painting
    5. repairing personal computers
    I'm bad at:
    1. Cooking, can't cook a decent meal unless its instant noodles or just preheated LOL.
    2. Singing. Can't sing in the correct tone even if my life depended on it. I'm scared of holding the microphone in a karaoke.
    3. Dancing. Got two left feet.
    4. Playing instruments, I always ditched my music class.
    5. Volleyball. Let's simply put it this way, my head always manages to attract the ball during a game, and I would usually end up with a red face not because of shame but because the ball always hits my face. LOL.
    Cheers
  • Twylarants said on Nov 06, 2007....
    Man! Everybody already used mine, so I guess one of my bads is "being original".
    For good things, I'll have to use Unique's numbers 3,4, & 5, and throw in :
     1. Making grouchy people smile.
        Secret's # 2. Good mom.

    Sticking with Unique, Bads are numbers 1,3,4, & 5....not #2 tho, cause I'm cheap as hell,  so #2 is a toss-up between remembering...well, anything...and Infernal's  #3, asking for help.  Remembering to ask for help.
  • Mamie said on Nov 06, 2007....
    great post!
    I am good at:
    being a wife and mom
    finding ways to be blissful
    helping others feel a lot better when they are down
    getting the big picture
    multitasking
     
    I am not good at:
    budgeting money
    fighting depression, although I am getting better at it!
    forgiveness
    pretending you did not hurt me
    slowing down long enough to live in the present...
    mamie
     
  • Me-Myself&I said on Nov 06, 2007....
    Things i am good at:
    1~ i'm a hard worker
    2~i'm good at organizing
    3~i'm a good gardener
    4~i'm good at reading between the lines
    5~i'm good at Survival  *smile*
     
    Things i'm not too good at:
    1~having patiences
    2~say NO to others and to myself :~)
    3~debates, standing my ground
    4~caring for myself like i smoke, love coffee, double-love my sugar, don't eat
    right
    5~this is the hard one...one i know i'm not good at all with...i'm not bad...i just have some deep seeded ???? stuff  that ....shoot....spit it out...."forgiving"....
    i hold grudges!!
     
    this was a good post....alittle insight to our souls. **smile** take care   see ya
     
     
     
     
  • satyr said on Nov 06, 2007....
    man, this is hard - be back later when the brain is fully functional (if that happens - LOL)
  • Fallyn said on Nov 06, 2007....
    dazed...that's pretty amazing stuff to be good at.

    twyla...that made me laugh pretty hard.

    mamie...should you be good at pretending someone didn't hurt you?

    thankyou me.....i think i forgive and forget too easily......maybe i wouldn't get hurt as much if i held a few grudges.

    satyr.....it IS hard isn't it.....i think it took me an hour to write this post.
  • silverwhisper said on Nov 06, 2007....
    hm...

    strengths: listening, understanding, sympathizing, supporting and sometimes, writing.

    weaknesses: too willing to listen, too willing to rationalize, easily sidetracked, a memory so poor it's legendary and i reserve one weakness as a wildcard w/ which i can variously swap things in and out as they occur to me. :p

    ed
  • Fallyn said on Nov 06, 2007....
    *laughing*......that's ....um. handy. :P
  • Mamie said on Nov 06, 2007....
    Fallyn: good question...I ask it all the time. I should think you'd not want to be good at that, but it seems to be required of me often. Hate it. Can't do it. *smile*
  • Fallyn said on Nov 06, 2007....
    i guess in some situations it is called for......i'm just VERY good at it...and i have a VERY hard time telling people when they've hurt me.
  • Fallyn said on Nov 06, 2007....
    oh...and i wish it was easier to tell people.
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 06, 2007....
    Oh, ed, I meant to ask earlier and forgot: What in the world is "too willing" to listen? Is there such a thing?

    ~Infernal
  • silverwhisper said on Nov 06, 2007....
    yes there is, infernal. it's about listening well beyond the point that you already understand enough.

    ed
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 06, 2007....
    Ah. I think maybe everyone's guilty of that at some point or another then.

    ~Infernal
  • Fallyn said on Nov 06, 2007....
    some people......i tend to have a hard time with it though.
  • silverwhisper said on Nov 07, 2007....
    infernal: i have an extraordinary aptitude for it, though. :>

    ed

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