When I was very young I wanted intelligence. I had some very smart people around me and I often felt inadequate (my stepfather was a doctor, for one. My sister was skipped ahead two grades in school, for another. My mother was a homemaker but she excelled in language very much, and she may have a very high EQ, though she has led a very sheltered and isolated life due to fears and insecurities, so it's hard to say for sure.) Then in my 20s and 30s I wanted knowledge. My rote memory for facts, names, dates, etc. was not that good. I really had to work at it, and it felt like my achilles heel. Now I want wisdom. I think the age, the efforts throughout the years, and the soul-searching, self exploration, and understanding of psychology, as well as some very difficult setbacks that nearly did me in... they have all led me here today. So I wonder, is that the normal progression of it all? Hmmm. It seems it for me. But maybe not for others. I feel the most happy with my brain now, although I do think my short term memory is even worse. (I rely on device and my organization skills to keep all my data at hand.) But I definitely do have more wisdom - I have much more information and experience from which to draw now. And that feels good.
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When I was very young I wanted intelligence. I had some very smart people around me and I often felt inadequate (my stepfather was a doctor, for one. My sister was skipped ahead two grades in school, for another. My mother was a homemaker but she excelled in language very much, and she may have a very high EQ, though she has led a very sheltered and isolated life due to fears and insecurities, so it's hard to say for sure.) Then in my 20s and 30s I wanted knowledge. My rote memory for facts, names, dates, etc. was not that good. I really had to work at it, and it felt like my achilles heel. Now I want wisdom. I think the age, the efforts throughout the years, and the soul-searching, self exploration, and understanding of psychology, as well as some very difficult setbacks that nearly did me in... they have all led me here today.
So I wonder, is that the normal progression of it all? Hmmm. It seems it for me. But maybe not for others.
I feel the most happy with my brain now, although I do think my short term memory is even worse. (I rely on device and my organization skills to keep all my data at hand.) But I definitely do have more wisdom - I have much more information and experience from which to draw now. And that feels good.
That's great. How old are you?
46. My age is real.
Wow haha
Heart everytime.
And yet ingenuity beats out everything.
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