Being open to learning new things which may contradict previously held beliefs. I enjoy becoming more informed and having my ignorance diminished, but I find for the bulk of humanity most people do not want to know things - they want to be continually assured the things they hold true are true, regardless of the validity.
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basic banking literacy. no, you don't cash a check into your account, you deposit it! cash means cash!
Empathy. Some people just have a brain for math and understand numbers in ways other people just never will. Others, like myself, have brains that are really good at understanding others, and we perceive and understand others with a facility some other people just can’t. It sounds pompous to say, because all human beings are at least somewhat skilled in this area, due to our species being highly social, but it’s still a cognitive speciality and some of us are innately better at it than others.
It can be frustrating too, because when other people don’t understand what you see in someone else, they question your decisions about them, and it can be hard to see why other people don’t see what you find obvious sometimes. It’s a bit of an extreme example, but I know people who can’t see that Donald Trump is a highly transparent narcissist. Even ones who didn’t vote for him and hate him for all the obvious reasons can’t see the personality disorder in him, and I find it so glaringly obvious that I sometimes just can’t fathom how anyone could miss it. But, if I really think about it, and I imagine what it might be like for a person who doesn’t have a natural talent for empathy, I can see how they just might not connect the dots and just see a bombastic, arrogant asshole, rather than the much more complex pattern of malignant narcissism that underlies that comparatively superficial persona.
Im a bit of a dillatant and don't think im really very good at doing anything. Im great with planning and thinking about things and such. I feel I seem to handle change easier than most and im good at loading things into a confined space. I joke its due to all the tetris when I was younger.
I'm very aware of my own body and how it's positioned, so I have good balance, makes me a great dancer, and ambidextrous to some degree.
STEM back in school. That's how I make a living now.
Living below my means. Moving somewhere where pay to living cost is better helped.
Organization. By nature I'm extremely organized. People are always commenting on how well organized my home is, but this is just what's normal for me. I get kind of neurotic when things are in disarray.
I'm organized but it never bothers me when things are disorganized. Like cleaning... it's just something you have to periodically do because over time shit gets disorganized/dirty.
What I don't understand is the people who have an emotional breakdown if a cabinet is left open or a drawer or a chair is slightly askew or a book/cup is left on the coffee table... those people freak me the fuck out. Sadly most of the women I meet on the dating market are these type of people and they think my home is a revolting because I let my dog leave his toys out rather than putting them back in the toybox every couple of hours.
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Abstract math.
The formulas lock together, setting themselves easily in complex patterns that represent something. I have preferred formalism because they have different flavors, even while having the same meaning.
I've never felt existential dread while contemplating life or death or the scale of the universe so being comfortable with mortality I guess.
Getting places on time