THE GOOD
Things I do nicely:
- Doodling
- Telling a story
- Venting
- Listening
- Keeping secrets
- Revealing my family history in ways that can best be described as tragi-comedic
- Memorizing
- Retaining random info about a little bit of everything
- Hugging
- Teaching/coaching
- Electronic communication
- Singing
- Talking
- Consuming food & drink ("Waste not, want not!")
- Making something out of nothing
- Learning something new
- Sports
- Driving
THE BAD
Things at which I am not good:
- Accepting a compliment
- Being on time
- Time judgment (which is not the same as time management. If you tell me I have one hour to do something, I can handle this efficiently; however, if you ask me how long something might take I have no bloody idea and will always be off by at least 45 minutes.)
- Being a non-agressive driver
- Adapting a "poker face" when necessary
- Idle chit-chat
- Mingling
- Being politically correct
- Tolerating laziness on the job
- Tolerating blatant or subtle stupidity
- Phone calls
- Telling a joke (i.e., "So, a rabbi, a priest and a whatever walk into a bar ...")
- Sustaining a serious demeanor
- Not using the word "yo" as a suffix to nearly every statement
- Lettin' down the ol' guard
- Not instigating smack talk about folk
- Saying "I don't know" and/or "No" up front and sticking to it
- Not complaining
THE UGLY
Obvious things that I just need to address:
- Self-sabotage
- Hiding/Withdrawing
- Holding back emotions only to unleash the festering bitterness
- All talk, little-to-no action