"When did you last want to celebrate being right about something? Or do you currently feel 'in the right' about some matter? Write it out."
I find it very difficult to feel right about things. My memory of facts is essentially non-existent. When I pitch an idea the poor guys at work have to put up with me saying, "You know there's this thing with some stuff and something sort of happened I think, but I'm not sure what it was." (Yes, always with the 'you know', or some sort of equivalent.)
And then I backtrack, rapidly.
My history teacher at school (one of them - Mrs Powlesland) called me Janus - the two-faced God. But not as in two-faced (although I can be that too), but as in seeing both sides of...most things. Even if my emotional side is being unbelievably biased there is usually some corner of my rational brain going, "Yeah, but, you know, what about...?" (Hopefully.)
And do you know what? It is very hard to win an argument with someone when you are like this - you say, "You're right, but I am too," and somehow they don't hear the second bit or can't be persuaded of the validity of MY argument, even though WE ARE BOTH RIGHT! This doesn't feel fair - losing arguments because my opponent is either too thick or irrational to see sense. :(
(Am I bitter? Yes, I am.)
I find it very difficult to feel right about things. My memory of facts is essentially non-existent. When I pitch an idea the poor guys at work have to put up with me saying, "You know there's this thing with some stuff and something sort of happened I think, but I'm not sure what it was." (Yes, always with the 'you know', or some sort of equivalent.)
And then I backtrack, rapidly.
My history teacher at school (one of them - Mrs Powlesland) called me Janus - the two-faced God. But not as in two-faced (although I can be that too), but as in seeing both sides of...most things. Even if my emotional side is being unbelievably biased there is usually some corner of my rational brain going, "Yeah, but, you know, what about...?" (Hopefully.)
And do you know what? It is very hard to win an argument with someone when you are like this - you say, "You're right, but I am too," and somehow they don't hear the second bit or can't be persuaded of the validity of MY argument, even though WE ARE BOTH RIGHT! This doesn't feel fair - losing arguments because my opponent is either too thick or irrational to see sense. :(
(Am I bitter? Yes, I am.)
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