Math/science/engineering-I try to stay humble about it in RL but at times I am amazed at things even other engineers couldn’t figure out how to do/fix/troubleshoot. Got perfect 36s on both math and science parts of ACT in HS and perfect on the quantitative part of the GRE. I used to win alcohol money in college by doing calculus and differential equation problems in my head. It truly is a gift from God as I never had to work hard at it.
Useless trivia (except about things like literature/etc). I do well watching Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire etc until they hit literature catagories.
Procrastination-One of the downsides of being book smart is that in my head I “know” I can get some work report or spreadsheet done in a few hours when I have a week. So I will spend the week at work on ohiochatter wasting time then do it all the night before it is due while at home. Pisses me off every time I do it but I do it every time anyway. This dates back to elementary school, have been doing it ever sense. I could be SO much more productive at work, but because I always get my work done I never get a bad review so I keep doing it. I probably could have been promoted more often than I have been had I not had this problem.
Relaxing-The meme where the cartoon character is inside his burning home sipping tea saying “everything is ok” is me. Real life could be a dumpster fire that week and I can just sit and relax. Drives my wife nuts.
