An Interview

I decided for this interview I’d interview my mother, I woman who I figured would know be pretty well. However, I ended up getting incredibly short answers. When I asked her what the most interesting thing about me was, she replied with something about how smart I am. My point is that my mother gave rather shallow answers. Shallow or not, I still managed to learn a little bit about myself. For example, my mother said my most prominent personality trait was my sense of direction, and then went on to say that my hamartia is tunnel vision. I guess it’s always been that way, I know what I want and I’m going to get it. It’s not always good, not always bad, but I have to work on it being a good thing more than a bad thing. My mother also said I don’t have any harmful personality traits, and I think she gets the whole balance thing. All things in moderation, I guess. All the skills my mother listed were mental skills, which works with her saying that I needed to gain skills that include working with my hands. That being said, they day I learn a trade will probably be the day pigs fly. Why? It’s just not me. I do think she’s right though, because there are plenty of jobs that you need to be smart and handy. You can’t examine a crime scene without being able to very carefully pick it apart, and I don’t want a doctor with terrible coordination. My mother said  I decided for this interview I’d interview my mother, I woman who I figured would know be pretty well. However, I ended up getting incredibly short answers. When I asked her what the most interesting thing about me was, she replied with something about how smart I am. My point is that my mother gave rather shallow answers. Shallow or not, I still managed to learn a little bit about myself. For example, my mother said my most prominent personality trait was my sense of direction, and then went on to say that my hamartia is tunnel vision. I guess it’s always been that way, I know what I want and I’m going to get it. It’s not always good, not always bad, but I have to work on it being a good thing more than a bad thing. My mother also said I don’t have any harmful personality traits, and I think she gets the whole balance thing. All things in moderation, I guess. All the skills my mother listed were mental skills, which works with her saying that I needed to gain skills that include working with my hands. That being said, they day I learn a trade will probably be the day pigs fly. Why? It’s just not me. I do think she’s right though, because there are plenty of jobs that you need to be smart and handy. You can’t examine a crime scene without being able to very carefully pick it apart, and I don’t want a doctor with terrible coordination. When I asked what my greatest weakness was, my mother didn’t miss a beat before saying that it was my inability to put myself out there. She’s not wrong, generally, social situations terrify me. Which is a really big weakness, career wise, because networking is a thing, and its a thing that really scares me. All in all, I’m not sure my mother taught me anything about myself, she just reminded me of a lot of things, like how good I am at eyeliner (that’s not a joke, thats a thing she said).