Post 2302
- 8 years and 197 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
My brother, sister and I are smart. And our intelligence is one of our defining characteristics, I'd say.
Being smart has been enabling for the three of us, in many ways. For me, though, it has been the proverbial two-edged sword, one which has, in critical ways, inflicted more damage than it has helped.
Why do I think that?
For one thing, my intelligence was the basis for my parents decision to skip 3rd grade, a mistake that has had only negative repercussions in my life. That I willfully doubled-down and skipped 8th-grade may be the first really bad, life-altering mistake I made for myself (I went against everybody's advice and insisted on that).
For another, intelligence is not what I was brought up thinking it was. There is intellectual intelligence, emotional intelligence, kinetic/physiological intelligence. People tend to think of intelligence as only the first of these, but there needs to be some balance between the three. Lacking emotional or physiological intelligence, as I believe I do, can cause a lot of needless suffering.
When people talk about being 'too smart for your own good' I believe they are talking about a smart person whose intellectual side dominates, and is lacking other intelligence modes.
That's me. My intellectual intelligence has not helped me navigate waters where emotional intelligence could have, and my lack of emotional intelligence has let me make rational decisions that were self-destructive.
The amazing thing is that I have come through my self-made life-long problems, at this point, really well. Despite the mistakes, accidents, pitfalls, tragedies I have endured and survived, I'm happy, healthy enough to be functional, and not a charity case.
Knock on wood.
But as someone whose intelligence has been praised and over-relied upon, I've come to consider it an over-rated attribute.
I'm grateful to have survived being intellectually gifted.
Food and Diet
Being smart has been enabling for the three of us, in many ways. For me, though, it has been the proverbial two-edged sword, one which has, in critical ways, inflicted more damage than it has helped.
Why do I think that?
For one thing, my intelligence was the basis for my parents decision to skip 3rd grade, a mistake that has had only negative repercussions in my life. That I willfully doubled-down and skipped 8th-grade may be the first really bad, life-altering mistake I made for myself (I went against everybody's advice and insisted on that).
For another, intelligence is not what I was brought up thinking it was. There is intellectual intelligence, emotional intelligence, kinetic/physiological intelligence. People tend to think of intelligence as only the first of these, but there needs to be some balance between the three. Lacking emotional or physiological intelligence, as I believe I do, can cause a lot of needless suffering.
When people talk about being 'too smart for your own good' I believe they are talking about a smart person whose intellectual side dominates, and is lacking other intelligence modes.
That's me. My intellectual intelligence has not helped me navigate waters where emotional intelligence could have, and my lack of emotional intelligence has let me make rational decisions that were self-destructive.
The amazing thing is that I have come through my self-made life-long problems, at this point, really well. Despite the mistakes, accidents, pitfalls, tragedies I have endured and survived, I'm happy, healthy enough to be functional, and not a charity case.
Knock on wood.
But as someone whose intelligence has been praised and over-relied upon, I've come to consider it an over-rated attribute.
I'm grateful to have survived being intellectually gifted.
Today's Weight: 199.9 lbs.
Previous Weight (7/15/19): 200.3 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 0.4 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
3:20 pm: Scrambled eggs in lentil curry (Dal Fry) on riced cauliflower.
Lunch
6:30pm, at Ling Ling Chinese Restaurant: The buffet, which included shrimp, beef, vegetables, fruit, and a little pudding - a lot of food.
Dinner
12:45am: Manchego cheese with walnuts, cottage cheese with walnuts, and two Quest bars.
Liquid Intake
3:20 pm: Scrambled eggs in lentil curry (Dal Fry) on riced cauliflower.
Lunch
6:30pm, at Ling Ling Chinese Restaurant: The buffet, which included shrimp, beef, vegetables, fruit, and a little pudding - a lot of food.
Dinner
12:45am: Manchego cheese with walnuts, cottage cheese with walnuts, and two Quest bars.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Water: 64+ oz.; a shot of Jameson Irish whiskey.
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