“Gifted” is mostly practice I find it odd when people use the phrase “gifted,” because what they’re labelling as “talent” is most often the result of hard work. Talent is nice, sure, but without training in the area of interest, it’s also fairly useless. The “talented” label also denies the work people put in. This is not to say that there isn’t a very tiny … Continue reading Instinct is a skill.
I like reading. It’s pretty much my favourite thing to do. I like fiction best, except when I’m in a nonfiction phase. I love an ebook because it lets me hide my consumption from people, but I also love a hard copy. One can get overwhelmed by books if you’re not a bit selective about acquisitions. I try to limit my physical purchases to favourite … Continue reading And Then There Were Books.
Good boundaries. I didn’t grow up with good boundaries. There are reasons for that: My mother wasn’t allowed boundaries as a child, so we weren’t raised with great ones. You can’t teach what you don’t know; I came of age in the 1980s – women and children having boundaries was still pretty frowned upon; I experienced child sexual abuse. There are many negative consequences to … Continue reading We Need Roots, Wings, and Boundaries.
I specialized in political science and economics at university. I like those areas of study, but it was also the degree program that allowed the greatest number of electives. I have diverse interests. I wanted to study many of the things on offer at university. A little knowledge isn’t nearly enough. One of the first poli-sci papers I wrote was about the now-former Yugoslavia. I … Continue reading I hate being right about American elections – an off-the-cuff joint.
