NoJoMo Day 14 (w/note) in The Long and Winding Road

Note: I haven’t had time yet to fully absorb the terrorist attack in Paris, or to write about it. Certainly my heart aches for Paris and its people, and I have my opinions about how the world should respond, but I am not ready to write about it. While doing something as frivolous as writing a light hearted entry here on a sad morning such as this, might make it appear that I don’t care, that couldn’t be further from the truth. But NOT writing will not change anything. NOT writing and NOT living our lives means that they win.

Day Fourteen: What is something you do really well? (Ex: cook, sew, woodwork, skateboard)

This might seem like a strange response, but one thing I do very well is multi-task. On my job, one of my biggest skills is handling multiple crises or “fire drills” as we call them, at once. I am really good at prioritizing, and doing things in the most time efficient, productive way so that by the end of the day, all those balls I was juggling in the air, have ended up in my hands and not crashing to the floor. I’m also very good at anticipating what is going to be needed, either for my boss or in a given situation, and I do it before it’s asked of me. These are really critical skills for my job and I take a lot of satisfaction from a successful day in the trenches.

I’m super organized. I have moved many times, and I am the most organized move planner you will ever meet. I pack things in boxes that have color coded tape on them – yellow for the living room, red for the bedroom, etc., so everything ends up easily in the right spot at the new place. I start packing well in advance, starting with the things I don’t use very often and working my way up to the things I will need at the last minute. I always have a couple boxes packed that have their own distinctive color of tape on them, to identify them as items I will need right away, like a shower curtain, shampoo, etc. For this reason, I get settled into a new place very quickly.

I think I have an eye for color and decorating. I love to decorate my home and, in my mind, I like to decorate yours too!

I’ve mentioned my super typing skill more than once so no need to keep going there (even though I just did).

Other than that, I’m kind of a jack of all trades and a master of none!

Last updated November 14, 2015