What are you bad at doing?

dobielvr said:
Making up my mind!
If I'm having trouble making a decision as to whether to buy the blue top or the black top, I will sometimes just have to walk away...and think about it.

It's a constant battle in my head...do I really want that?..do I really need that?
It's like I can't have too many choices either...I can't decide. :unsure:
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This is why things stay in my Amazon cart forever. It's also why I loved the grocery store where we used to vacation. There were 2 choices of everything. I also have a problem with wanting what I buy to be the best thing for job at hand. Have you ever spent a couple of hours browsing cup hooks? Well, there is a lot to that decision, if you (like I do) read the reviews. I still don't have cup hooks. But if I could go to Home Depot, I would have just grabbed a package and been done with it. Because, cup hooks? How hard can it be?
 

Bretrick said:
I think with drawing there must be some sort of innate talent.

I have in the past painted murals on my rented apartment walls which looked spectacular if I may say so myself.
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Wow on the mural! I've always wanted to be able to paint them on my walls. But, no talent.

I read that being able to draw and paint involves a lot of skills/techniques. So I got a couple of books on that, and soon I will be better at it. I want to do it, but my results are not for publication, so to speak. I figure these books will make me better ... there is nowhere to go but up! This will be just for my own enjoyment.
 
palides2021 said:
I am a work in progress, which means whenever I am bad at something, I work on it and work on it and work on it - like the Energizer Bunny - until I'm not so bad anymore. Still have a lot of work to do. :)
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I now draw the line at repairing things myself, like the washer. If I'm only going to learn to do something major once, it is not worth it for me to go through the aggravation.
 
feywon said:
But with both injuries and illness i have a bad habit of 'gutting it out' to get must do things done. This is one reason it is good daughter lives with me, not only can/does she help with must do things, she has learned when say 'Enough Mom! If you keep pushing you'll need longer to recover.'
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My daughter does that for me, too. My oncologist just about had a conniption fit when I told her I was forcing myself to do things. Apparently, that is not a good thing for healing. So I stopped, but it feels all wrong. I spend time wondering if I am just lazy since I'm not getting on with it.
 
Bad memorizing things! And this is not just cuz I am 62, I always have struggled with this, even back when I was in college. But yet I got a bachelors in engineering and a masters in math. To get through college, I would often logically derive things based on basic principles, theorems, or postulates. For other courses I would create memory devices like mnemonic devices and also create picture associations to visualize memorized facts.

Now, I must do even more of this as I get older, especially in this age of a zillion passwords, user names, and bits of information!

And oh yeah, I am bad at mixing in with large groups of people of which many I don't know very well! I avoid office parties and get togethers like poison! I do like get togethers with my good friends however.
 
WheatenLover said:
I now draw the line at repairing things myself, like the washer. If I'm only going to learn to do something major once, it is not worth it for me to go through the aggravation.
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Yes, me too. Certain things, no matter what, I cannot do, like repairing appliances or electrical stuff or heavy handyman jobs. I leave that for the experts.
 
I am particularly bad at :
anything high tech!
hooking up electronic devices.
Understanding vehicle engines
Living alone has taught me to handle plumbing, electrical, construction, yard work, building stuff, etc:
but I still don't like it! I'm still a gurl!
I don't want to do "man" stuff! I want to do "gurl" stuff!
 
palides2021 said:
It's good to have the forgiveness trait. It's actually a blessing. I have it too. I think it's not really bad that you don't forget. That's a way of protecting yourself in the future if the same issue arises, don't you think? Just a thought. :)
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the thing that reminds me...is...
Forgive us our trespasses...
as we forgive those....
so .. .forgetting is important...and mostly for me...thank you for being a forgiving person.
 
palides2021 said:
Bretrick, like others here, I am grateful for your thought-provoking questions! You have gone through a lot in your life, yet your generous and big heart always seeks to find the time for others. Thank you!
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Thank you, that is so kind of you to say so,
I am over my past so I try to help those I can and even bring a little cheer where posible
 
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