The good and the bad in my life / Week 208. Opinion

Again for this community participating in one of the topics proposed by @galenkp. As I have expressed on other occasions the variety proposed by the creator of this community allows us all to energize our participation and exchange and learn from the ways of doing of others is one of the things I appreciate most in this ecosystem.

Based on the above and the proposed topics, I have decided to leave two things that I do well and two things that I do badly.

The good and the bad in my life

Before saying the two things that according to others I do well and what I really do wrong, I must say that this is a constant struggle, not only mine, but of each one of us.

Another aspect that I want to point out and that surely has happened to many of us is that not everything we like we do well, on the contrary.

Many times in my family environment they have complained about my lack of skills and that made me feel bad, but that was a long time ago, when I understood that it is very difficult for someone to be 100% self-sufficient.

The other aspect is that what some of us are good at, others are not, and vice versa. Hence this was the element that made me participate in this topic because they are all very good.

Two good things in my life

• Teaching

Many of you who have read or follow me know that my profession is that of a teacher and according to many students I have had and colleagues in my profession I am good at teaching. I don't know if it is true or not, but I have tried to impart knowledge and form feelings of love and respect in my students and in the teachers I have trained since college.

• Cooking

This is an aspect that, without false modesty, I can assure that I do well, but, it was because I had the best teacher in the world: my mother.

I have had the opportunity to cook for birthdays, Christmas parties, New Year's Eve and the criteria of the majority has been positive. I don't consider myself to be the chef of the year, but, I consider that I cook well.

This is my wife's excuse, so that at home most of the time I am in charge of the kitchen.

Two things I do wrong

• Fix what is broken at home

This I do poorly from top to bottom, as I have no electrical, masonry or plumbing skills. The least I do wrong is painting and believe me that's not very good either.

• Driving

I learned to drive, but the truth is that I'm pretty bad at it. Beyond the fact that I don't like it or that I didn't have the necessary practice, the truth is that this is another of the things I don't do well.

By way of conclusion

The struggle to transform what I do badly into something good has been a constant battle that I have not always been able to win. And, I must say that by not being able to master or do certain things well, I have lost opportunities, I have lost a good job or I have stopped earning money because I have had to ask for the help of someone who does have those skills and pay for it.

It is true that I would have liked to drive well, master carpentry, be a good singer, master the guitar or speak several languages, but, here several factors are combined that influenced me, development plus my laziness to learn certain things.

Anyway, not everything has been bad in my life and the things I do well have given me great satisfaction and I am grateful for the life I have had.

Thanks to what I do wrong and what I do right my life is the way it is and I have managed to form my personality.

What do you think?

Note: I have used the translator DeepL Translate.

All photos are my own taken with my Samsung J2 phone.