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so what am i good for
Friday, January 20, 2012 || 9:51 PM
A really depressing and somewhat self-deteriorating thought sort of spontaneously jumped into my head this morning.
I mean, well, I guess it's always been there and I've thought about it before... but like it's bothering me now.
What am I good at?
Kay, sure, I'm good at stuff. But
What do I excel in?
... okay I do excel at some things, I'm not going to be falsely modest here. (I'm never going to be falsely modest anywhere, actually.) But I don't have a talent.
I can become so envious of other people's talents :(
And so concludes the start of Elizabeth's inferiority complex.
* On a side note: I really hate when I say, "Oh, I'm actually sort of good at ____," and others feel like its their personal duty or something to try to prove me wrong. Seriously? What's wrong with you. The same goes for when I say something like, "I got [insert good mark here] on my test," or, "I did really well in ___ course," and others try to find an "alternate explanation" for why I did well (i.e. Oh, well what was the average in that class? ; Oh, well I guess your teacher was really easy. ; Well that isn't exactly hard, is it?). Why are you trying to belittle my accomplishments? OR when I say, "I/my friend can do [insert action here]; it's really cool!" and then the other person tries to brush it off with, "So? I can do that." Like it's okay if you're just sharing (i.e. Oh really? I can do that too!) but just sometimes, people's attitude... like seriously - respect, go get some.
Obviously, when people are bragging that's different. But I'm not talking about bragging.
Instead, let's try this: when somebody is happy from accomplishing something they found difficult, share their happiness. Don't try to shove them back down and ruin their high. That's a real insolent thing to do. Would it kill you to let someone feel good about him/herself? *
