That’s Just My Flaw-

Over the last few days I have been reminded of a flaw I have. This flaw was first brought to my attention during my Junior year of college. An advisor of mine smacked me in the face with it.

My flaw-

I just flat out fail to ever really talk about what I do. So many times I gaze upon surprised faces followed by, “You do that?”, their head cocked to the side in disbelief that I never bothered to tell them.

Each time I respond, “Yep, been doing this for a few years.” I either take out my phone, laptop, or sketchbook (because I always have 1 of them on hand at all times). And start showing them some of my work.

I get the general response from them, “Why aren’t you doing this professionally, profiting from it?”

Good Question- why aren’t I?

Biggest reason why is I did not find or understand what having a passion for something was until now. How to let it drive you.

As I mentioned earlier, this flaw was brought to my attention when I had to create a resume for a Technical Writing course. It was pretty blank, so the advisor started asking some probing questions, and the flood gates to my abilities flung open.

She told me, “You need to put all of that on here. How else would anyone know unless you tell them.”

I’ve become better at it somewhat, but I still tend not to speak on what all I do. I tend to just mention things in passing during general conversations. During these conversations (especially among friends) I sit back and pause for a moment and think, “I kick ass at creativity - period.”

Dare I list out all of what I can do here?

Nope. Just not my nature to stand on a platform yelling out, “Look at what all I can do!”

That’s just my flaw-