I Can Be Anything...

So my next topic is...What is the thing you most wish you were great at?

Several things popped into my head -

Music. I swear I am totally a musician...and God forgot to give me the talent to go with it! Just...a mistake. I know I was meant to be a rock star. Or maybe a classical pianist. Or a Broadway star. So many choices. Sadly, I am not even close to any of them. Ah well.

Photography. I don't SUCK at photography. If you think I do check out THIS site which has made me feel SO much better about my attempts at taking pictures (and also makes me spit out my drink laughing!). I would love to be REALLY good at it though. And to be able to do it all the time. This is something that might have been feasible if I had started working on it earlier in life. These days my health doesn't make it possible except as a hobby. It is a good hobby, though, and mostly I am content.

Being a mom. I will never get the chance to be a mom. That makes me sad. I love babies so much. I love caring for people so much. I have, however, had the incredible privilege of being able to be a parental figure (guardian) to my nephew. Probably more than anything in the world I wish I could be great at that. I know I am doing okay, I know no one is just inherently GREAT at parenting. I know I got thrown into it at age 11 instead of age birth. I still wish I was better at it. I think every parent (or even Aunt/Uncle) wishes that.

Dieting. I am really bad at it. This is on my mind a lot right now as I sit at my desk trying not to eat all of the food I brought for an 8 hr day within my first hour at work. Sigh. I just love food so much!

Writing. This is one I need to work on more. I am a good writer, or so I have been told my whole life. I just have stopped doing it. I used to write for fun all the time. Then I went to college. My degrees in college were VERY heavily centered on writing academically. I was good at that too. Probably even better at that than at 'for fun' stuff. Since I have been out of school though I just haven't done it much. Getting into blogging more is one way I am working on that. I am considering joining a writers group a friend of mine has started. I am scared to commit to something else in my life right now (things are a bit beyond hectic) and I am scared that I will not be good enough to join the likes of her (she has been published...several times). It is something I want to get better at though, that I actually feel like I can work on. It is a goal to do something about it. I don't have a great track record at keeping goals but...maybe saying it publicly will help shame me into doing it!

Okay well there were five answers when I was only asked for one. What can I say, brevity has never been my thing! :)

P.S.
I spent today looking at some of my old pictures...I take it all back...Some of them ARE REALLY BAD!!! LOL...at least I can say I think I am getting a bit better...