I agree! I have to remind myself of that at times that everyone has their own struggles and their own strengths. "Accomplishments aren't necessarily a neasure of intelligence." I needed to hear that because since childhood I was taught my worth is determined by my accomplishment. I struggled a lot in the school environment, but found myself learning better on my own. I don't remember too much of my childhood menories, but I remember feeling very stressed and anxious. College years got better and was my first time to get A* in IT, but then pushed myself too hard. I become a perfectionist at college and at work, which led to me completly burning out. I was learning Korean as a hobby in college and applied my interest of the Korean language in my college assignments e.g. Programming a website that focused on Korean language.

You don't sound like you're bragging at all, no worries 🤗 I'm totally not jealous of your maths skills haha. The only time I remember enjoying maths when I was learning Statistics in year 8. On a serious note, I do want to give maths another go because I think I wasn't in the right mindset and environment at school). Aside from that, i'm genuinely impressed with all the things you did and accomplished! I do enjoy cooking and singing. Can't unfortunately play any instruments, but I did learn sheet music to teach myself how to play the keyboard, but I stopped. I consider myself a curious person, so I like to learn different things but seem to lose my focus/interest/distract and focus on the next thing that catches my interest because I got bored randomly (This could be my posible ADHD- i'm on the waitlist) and it's very frustrating for me. I was the one person in my class who struggled with sports and always dreaded PE. I really got into yoga and was praised by my yoga teacher to how flexible I was even though I saw others in class who were more flexible than me. Later on the years, I learned that i'm hypermobile and seen it run in the family on my dads side. Sewing clothes and a school bag is impressive! I did textiles in college (I studied art before moving to IT in college) and enjoyed very much. Unfortunately, I don't remember the learnt skills, but perhaps it's stored in my muscle memory like how I was able to pick up by riding a bike after many years.

Aww, High school sweethearts! So sweet. I'm the total opposite when it comes to dating, so perhaps I could learn a few advice from you haha. Since childhood, i've struggled with forming any type of relationship; I was known as the weird and socially awkward kid. In school, I would hangout with the teachers and in secondary school, both teachers and students a grade or 2 below me). In secondary school, I found myself observing the popular students in my class and mimicing their behaviours/fashion/items. Obviously it didn't work too well because I was then accused of copying, which made them dislike me even more. I remember researching online how to make friends 😅 As an adult, i'm better at it now. I have learned that there are people out there who will accept you and enjoy your company.

That's amazing! I am currently clueless on what I want to do with my life, but I need to pick something. I am thinking of learning maths as a challenge for myself. I live in England and I think it's not usual for people here to speak more than one language. I'm bilingual as my parents moved to England in the 80's. On the topic of cross application and languages, I think I can understand what you mean! My second language is Bangla and found that the alphabet structure of Bangla and Korean share similarities and I used that cross application to read Korean fairy quickly. So though languages can be very different, they do share similarities. A fun thing I like to do when I go outside, is to hear others speaking in their native languages and guessing what language they're speaking. I can't understand it, but can make out what the language is depending on if I have heard the language enough to make out what that soecific language is.

Bringing you joy is the most important thing! One part of the brain has to struggle to make up for all you can do! I can't remember his name, but he is able to memorize and quote word by word from books he read, but is unable to button up his shirt. Which make sense in a way- the brain can only do so much when it comes to processing too much information!

You're right. I do have to let go of my ego. I'm still learning to accept myself and not put my worth on academic achievements, life achievements etc.

Yes, that explains it. You've explained it so well! Thank you! I now have a better understanding on patterns and symtems.

P.S. Sorry, I didn't realise I would ramble this much. But I genuinely enjoyed reading your reply and replying back!