#BEDM Day 9: Special Talents

I did this kind of post last year for BEDM which you can look at here so I have to admit that I did struggle this time around. I like doing lots of little things that I'm good at but I can't really say that there's one special talent I have. This is part of my ongoing problem of having no idea what I want to do with my life. Can I just do everything?

I tried asking Topher what I'm good at and this is what he came up with:

"my name is Diane and I have special powers. I can tell how many jelly beans a person has eaten in their lives just by glancing at them. I used this power to help the police solve the famous 'Jersey Jelly Bean Heist' in 1994. since then i have helped sweet companies track trends in jelly bean eating in order to help sales. This is done on a consultant basis so allows me to travel the world and see bean eaters in every country!"

So yeah, the only thing that proves is his talent of having an interesting imagination...

Little things I'm good at:

• Making a drink last an entire evening.
• Staying positive.
• My Disney/Harry Potter trivia knowledge.
• Having an impressive resting bitch face.
• Taking a ridiculous amount of photos of things non blog people find mundane.
• Being able to memorise song lyrics forever after hearing them a few times. Whether I like them or not. Which makes me look like a fangirl.
• I'm awesome at planning holidays so everyone gets to do what they want to do. Especially Florida holidays!
• Filing and spreadsheets. They can be quite therapeutic for me.

So thats a few little things I'm good at. In terms of talent, I just like being creative. How about you?

#BEDM DAY 30: Talent

It's times like this when I wish I was American instead of British. American culture encourages you from an early age to big yourself up - that confidence is essential to drive you forward in life. I feel very British right now. Having to talk about what I think I'm good at makes me want to curl up in a ball in the corner and hope no one sees this. 

It reminds me of a time at school in England when a girl in my class had bitched about how I apparently thought I was "soooo good at art", behind my back of course (don't you just miss school?). Honestly, I wasn't big headed about it at all so where her outburst came from I really couldn't say. I didn't care how bad or good I was. I just loved art. I would pretend I was injured so I could get out of PE and go to the empty classroom to paint, I doodled during other classes, I made comic books at home, all for the pure love of it.

Dis...dis is mein.

So, I'm going to be brave and share my opinion of my talent with strangers. Lets do this. I'm good at drawing. Scratch that, I'm a freaking FANTABULOUS illustrator! I always wanted to be something creative when I was younger but somewhere along the way I guess I lost my way. I somehow managed to get into business studies at college (definitely not arty), then fashion business (slightly more creative) at uni.

This guy needs some more adventures!

I started this blog to get back in touch with my creative side after working at a boring job and somewhere between losing that job and getting my current one I lost my mojo again. I do have a habit of losing things...

Now that I'm commuting, I'm already making more time for my drawing again - just doing a few doodles here and there to get back in the swing of things. It's just like riding a bike I think; slightly shaky at first, then with practice you're speeding along with the wind in your hair again. 

See what I did there? 

One more: you can go ahead and rain on my parade, I've got an umbrella (boom!).

Well, lots of umbrellas to put it more accurately. 

Long term readers may recognise these prints of mine from quite a long time ago. I just want to do more things like this. This is my way of saying, stay tuned. I don't want to ignore my talent again.

And if you don't think I'm talented at drawing then don't worry, I can also pick up random objects with my toes. See, I told you I'd work that in there somehow, Topher!

What's your talent?