Something Im Not

Later, one of my new colleagues sort of became my unofficial supervisor as I started out in a different position. A brilliant woman, with several degrees and one more in the making, a ton of work experience, speaking three languages like it was nothing. I loved asking her questions and learning from her still do , and she was showing me the ropes. At one point we were on our way to a meeting, and in the most relaxed, unapologetic type way she says to me: Once again, time slowed down.

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I blinked multiple times and shook my head to clear it. I cannot admit I am not good at something. Not about real stuff, like work or writing or anything else I really care about. I am an insanely proud person. I have an intense need to be excellent at everything. And whatever I do sort-of-okay in is absolutely not okay and we will not speak of it. But these two women! I was super-inspired by that.

And I decided to put it to the test how that works when some of my former students asked me for letters of recommendation. Not only do I know my students quite well and know a lot about their individual strengths to personalise each letter, I can also write a damn good letter.

Double-checking texts I have written myself. I find it tedious, it takes me three times as long as it does to write a whole letter, and no matter how often I check, I always miss one typo or one word. For moral support and love and help.

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I tend to overcompensate. We switched seats and I parallel parked her car for her. But it stuck with me.

How I Learned To Say I’m Not Good At Something.

Because I would have never done that, and I was amazed she so freely could. This is a thing people do, apparently. Later, one of my new colleagues sort of became my unofficial supervisor as I started out in a different position. A brilliant woman, with several degrees and one more in the making, a ton of work experience, speaking three languages like it was nothing.

I loved asking her questions and learning from her still do , and she was showing me the ropes. At one point we were on our way to a meeting, and in the most relaxed, unapologetic type way she says to me: Once again, time slowed down. I blinked multiple times and shook my head to clear it.

I cannot admit I am not good at something. Not about real stuff, like work or writing or anything else I really care about.

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I am an insanely proud person. I have an intense need to be excellent at everything. And whatever I do sort-of-okay in is absolutely not okay and we will not speak of it. But these two women!



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I was super-inspired by that. The problem with language learning "levels" Where do I start?

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Never tell yourself that you "know" an English word or phrase. How to memorize the phrases Why Memorize? My theory of "hook phrases". Lessons Phrases I'm not into som I'm not into something When you're "into" something, it means that you like it. So when you don't like something, you can say that you're "not into" it: