Something you’re just good at with minimal effort and/or you learned much more quickly than average.
For me, it’s paper snowflakes. My brain just seems to effortlessly figure out what cuts to make to the paper wedge to make it turn out exactly how I want it. Largely useless, but good fun and was a much-needed ego boost when I was a kid :]
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I’m really good at getting cats to vocally respond to me. I don’t know if I’m just on their wavelength or what, but almost every time I start a convo with a kitty I get a response. Oddly specific, but also pretty fun. Kids love it lol.
Cats love me as well, I have never seen a cat who didn’t immediately like me.
I can look at a small open space (trunk, corner of a room, shelves, etc) a and then look at the item I need to fit in that space and say with a decent amount of confidence “yeah that’ll fit perfectly” or “that’s gonna be slightly too big”
Yea this is me. I’m really good at packing spaces. I’ve had to repack people’s cars to get everything to fit for long trips or moves. It’s like I can see how to make the pieces fit together to maximize space.
I’m a perfect failure. If you hand me anything, no matter how complex or simple, I will fuck it up beyond all chance of repair and you will never figure out how it happened because even I don’t know.
Citation: my life, job, friends, ex-gf, family, hobbies, etc…
I’ve got a competent and authoritative voice. People frequently assume I’m the most qualified in a group when I’m really objectively not as soon as i start speaking. Whatever I say or decide rarely gets questioned and people just keep letting me do stuff. When something is my word against another’s, people believe me.When I say something is needed, it’s done. When I make a proposal, that’s usually what’s agreed on and done without me really trying to push it.
Chess. I’ve been playing since I was a kid, and sometimes I’ll create new accounts on chess websites to see how quickly I’ll get them rated to 2000+. I’m living proof that chess players aren’t that smart though because I’m a dumbass when it comes to literally anything else.
I have a strong visual sense. I can create movies in my head, and skits. Helps with art and writing. Also, I’m emotionally intelligent. Unfortunately I’m also incredibly sensitive/and a cry baby. :/
On the direct opposite… I’m an aphant, meaning I cannot visualize in my head. I do “visualize” or imagine places, but there is no actual visual aspect to it.
I’ve seen it described as a desktop PC with no monitor attached. All the information is there, it just does not get rendered.
Some people see it as a hinderance, but for me, it’s just the way I think.
Failure.
I have really good hand-eye coordination, move very quietly, have fast reflexes, and am good at solving riddles.
I think it sets me up to be talented at a profession which pays very well but is very illegal so it shall go nameless.
Are you a ninja?
If I told you, I’d have to kill you.
I’m pretty good at sensing the emotions of people around me. It’s not magic like some people think, but an obsessive awareness of small facial and body movements.
Oh, and writing dialogue is super easy for me, not sure why some people have a hard time with it.
These are possibly related. I am absolutely terrible at sensing people’s emotions around me and understanding body language, and not so coincidentally, I am absolutely terrible at writing dialogue.
I’m fantastic at volumetric estimation, like when choosing the smallest Tupperware that will fit all the leftovers.
This is an amazing skill.
Im really good at throwing balled up napkins into the trashcan.
KOBEEEEEE
IT and self-hatred
My ability to whip a story up at the spot is pretty damn good. I run Dungeons and Dragons in a homebrewed world, and a good part of it is made up on the spot. While doing this, I always make sure to keep consistency.
The only thing I’m lacking is long monologues… That is hard to just make up
That’s a fantastic talent. Creativity is one thing but quick improvisational creativity is a whole other level
For monologues: do you do ok improv-ing dialogues? If so maybe you could trick your brain by thinking about how a monologuing character is kind of having a dialogue with different parts of themself
Getting wasted
Writing sestinas. A lot of people tell me it’s the hardest form of poetry, but for me it’s always been the go-to.
