Snowflake Challenge: Day 8

[balsamandash]

(I am going to dance back and do day 7 today at some point, possibly in conjunction with the January meme, since the next prompt I have up I want to do fic for. But here goes.)

Day 8
In your own space, make a list of at least 3 things that you like about yourself. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I am far from the first person to say this, but I kind of hate this question. My self-esteem issues are epic and all-consuming and that's without getting into the part where my sense of self is kind of screwed up. But I am trying to get all the days done, so here goes nothing, I guess.

1. I am a good sounding board for creative things, particularly writing/worldbuilding/project-y stuff. I ask decent questions and am encouraging and generally have been told by a couple of people that I am helpful, and I like being of creative use.

2. I am good at Tarot. I doubt myself on most things, but I have a lot of experience and pretty decent intuition and I think I am pretty damn good with the cards.

3. I am learning to be a pretty decent cook. I'm not particularly creative about it, but so far I have not really made anything inedible or awful, which is a win.

Comments

[sperrywink]

And those are 3 awesome things you thought of! I particularly like your first one. Being a good creative sounding board and helping people flesh out or construct their ideas is *brilliant*.

It's so hard to find people who are good at that sort of thing.

And being a good cook is aces too. We all need to feed ourselves, and its hard if you don't enjoy it and make good food.

[balsamandash]

Thank you! Honestly, I just like that I can get people to ramble at me about things they love, so it works out well for me. XD

Very, very true. I lived with my grandmother about six years, and cooking there was not an option, so I'm still kind of reveling in the fact that I can and my roommates won't try to take the pans out of my hand to wash them before I'm done. Probably not the easiest method to learn to love cooking, but it's done a lot to instill a desire to actually use my kitchen in me.

[analise010]

These are some great qualities!!!! I'm a very creative cook, but I get tired if there are more than 6 ingredients. (I'm trying to get that same intuition with the cards.)

[balsamandash]

I can do a lot of things as long as you give me a recipe, but I feel like I'd start getting tired if I tried to balance anything too busy. Plus I like things that end up eventually getting tossed in one bowl or pan or pot, and if you throw in too much, that's gotta start getting weird eventually, right? XD (I guess it's kind of weird to say intuition takes practice, but I think it really does, in this case. If nothing else, it's much easier to let yourself be drawn to a certain interpretation when you aren't wondering if it's because you don't remember the other things a card can mean.)

[silveradept]

These are all good things.

And also, being able to cook by recipe is not a small thing at all. Not at all.

[balsamandash]

<333

Took me a while to believe that, but I'm pretty proud of it at this point. (My brother is an aspiring chef and my mother has cooking in her ridiculously long list of jack-of-all-trade talents; I'm used to people who can figure out tasty combos off the top of their head and rarely measure. I lack these talents, but I'm trying to stop measuring myself with other people's yardsticks.)

[alatefeline]

Agreed. Being a tasty simple-recipe cook is HUGE especially when other people have been actively sitting on that ability in your experience so far.

[alatefeline]

Yay! These are good things and I'm glad you noticed them.

[balsamandash]

<333 I am trying to notice the good things. It's slow going, but I'm trying.

[alatefeline]

<3 Good for you.

[azurelunatic]

Edibility is crucial.

[balsamandash]

Edibility is very important, especially when finding something else is not always possible.