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What are your worst traits?

I find that I'm often good at a lot of things (sports, subjects in school, etc.) but never excellent at just one or two. That's kind of translated in to my job, I like it... but I don't love it. I like it enough that I would go back to school for it, but I don't love it to the point that I could see myself wanting to do this for the next 30 or so odd years.

I also have motivation issues (read: laziness), but I think I've finally built up enough motivation to actually go back to school now (well, next year). 😛

Maybe I'll just call it a day and be a house-husband... I don't know.

I'm also indecisive. 😀

I also seem to only be able to work in bursts... for example, the PC in my sig, I built from scratch in a couple hours. But now it's having some issues with its power supply... but here's where the motivation issues come in again, I don't feel like messing with it right now. 🙂
 
stonyc said:
but I don't love it to the point that I could see myself wanting to do this for the next 30 or so odd years.
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those are the masters of their work or pasttimes...one model boat expert told me he considered himself a beginner after 20 years and it's that long striving for perfection that makes one great at something

however, i know a recently deceased professional boat modeler (who did top level work for decades) who loved to talk about anything but model boats which made him unhappy...my cousin has taught for over 30 years and he doesn't like his job and will finally retire...my friend has taught for 25 years and he despises his job (mostly the cc0-workers and their cliques) and the list goes on concerning people who are great at something but either don't like it or downright hate it
 
jefhatfield said:
those are the masters of their work or pasttimes...one model boat expert told me he considered himself a beginner after 20 years and it's that long striving for perfection that makes one great at something

however, i know a recently deceased professional boat modeler (who did top level work for decades) who loved to talk about anything but model boats which made him unhappy...my cousin has taught for over 30 years and he doesn't like his job and will finally retire...my friend has taught for 25 years and he despises his job (mostly the cc0-workers and their cliques) and the list goes on concerning people who are great at something but either don't like it or downright hate it
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Yeah, but I don't consider myself great at what I'm doing... with additional schooling and training, I could possibly be "great" at what I'm doing... but I'm not sure that I would actually want to be great at it. All of the extra responsibilities, etc. 🙂

I also have this issue with avoiding responsibilities. 🙂
 
I sometimes get attached to things more than I should, I tend to keep my emotions under the surface and am often reluctant to let someone in, sometimes I think I take too much **** from people without standing up for myself, I have sort of an obsessive personality (which can be a good thing or a bad thing sometimes) and when first meeting someone I often come off as distant and kind of cold but in reality I'm probably having a lot of anxiety about my appearance.
 
i always see the glass as half empty.....its like pain is my gift. (right out of buffy the vampire slayer)

Bless
 
I'm Autistic- I have Asperger's Syndrome. As such, my social skills are not incredibly good- I can't recognize body language very well, I talk way too much (sometimes to the point where people think I'm a stuck up know-it-all because I just keep talking about stuff 🙁 ), etc.
 
I suppose like mr.thread-starter I tend to be a jack of all trades, master of none. Or maybe? I dont know. I play the piano and guitar, I love designing, programming games and producing pixel art. I love to create. I don't know if I'm really a jack of all trades though. There are people I know who try everything and are ok at them... without trying to sound like a lemon I think I'm better than most at those above mentioned things.
I think its all down to me being a perfectionist. every moment HAS to be just right. which can be good and bad. good in that I make the most of the moment then, bad if it goes wrong and I blame myself for not making the moment right after all.

I dunno. im very silly.

forget everything I said. my worst trait is my eccentricism. i think!
 
i procrastinate is what i feel i my biggest fault

many people seem to think my inability to get emotionally involved in relationships is a problem -- i think it's an asset
 
vniow said:
and when first meeting someone I often come off as distant and kind of cold but in reality I'm probably having a lot of anxiety about my appearance.
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In all seriousness, this rings true for me.. not so much based on appearence, but more on "will they like me?". The older I've become, the less this bothers me. Thankfully.
 
I'm the worst human being on earth at keeping in touch with people who were once very important parts of my life.

I take the dogs for short walks when she wants to go for long walks.

This is representative, i.e., a poem.
 
Im too passive, sky, perfectionist (sometimes), and also I put way too much thought into things sometimes, for instance when I talk to someone I dont know, afterwords I will spend about 30 thinking about what they said to me and the tone it was spoken in.
 
GFLPraxis said:
I'm Autistic- I have Asperger's Syndrome. As such, my social skills are not incredibly good- I can't recognize body language very well, I talk way too much (sometimes to the point where people think I'm a stuck up know-it-all because I just keep talking about stuff 🙁 ), etc.
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All the more reason to hang around with us here. It's not unusual for people with Asperger's Syndrome to have no trouble at all participating in online discussions, where they do not have to interpret facial expressions, hand gestures, body postures, etc. In fact, their tendency to become preoccupied with particular topics suits a forum rather well.

I'm not saying that I understand how this affects your life, but if these forums suit you then I'm glad to hear it, GFLPraxis.
 
ooh no! i got it! I worry too much, but just in the background. I dont run around biting my nails or whatever. but deep down I worry. apparently I get that from my gran, but shes top. 70-odd years old with about 5 houses, 3 she's trying to sell, always running around doing stuff. suppose its all down to an over-working mind 🙂 yup.
 
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