I saw this question being asked and
answered recently by several people who I follow on YouTube: John Green, Kayley Hyde, and
Rosianna Rojas and decided that I'd also give it a go. That question being 'What can you do? In answering this question John, Kayley and Rosianna all gave five examples of
things that they were able to do, from everyday things such as not
procrastinating, to more skilled things such as being an amazing writer and
author. Due to this being YouTube related, this will again, like a few other of
my blogs, be a kind of blog reply to this question.
What got me thinking about this question, and also the
reason why I’ve decided to answer this question is due to the emphasis that
they put on the everyday things that they were able to do, that lots of people
tend to overlook and forget about. This I thought was really intriguing as most
people when asked a question like this would tend to just think of their unique
or more difficult to learn skills, things that may have taken them years to
learn and perfect or that not a lot of people have learnt. What I liked about
their answers is that some of their answered do include these types of skills,
but aren’t just focused on them and include a mixture of common and uncommon
skills.
Without further a due then, I think I’ll just dive into my
five chooses for ‘things that I can do’.
1) Being able to read whilst driving – The reason why I
thought I’d include this is because holidays for me whilst taking large car
journeys were opportune moments for me to do lots of reading, however back in
the early part of secondary school I discovered that a lot of people weren’t
really able to do this, usually due to it making them feel ill. Up until that
point this ‘skill’ was something that I thought everyone had no problem in
doing, and never really recognised that people didn’t do it due to making
people feel ill, or because it gave people headaches. In addition to this I
also found out that reading in low light also gave people similar problems,
whereas I’d often again on long car journeys be happy enough reading in the
back when it was evening time and barely any light but dull lights on the
motorway.
2) Juggling – This skill isn’t particularly an everyday
thing people can do I’d say, but loads of people out there can so isn’t
particularly unique either. Learning to juggle is something that I thought I’d
try out one day, about this time last year actually, and I enjoyed it and
picked it up quite easily. Even though I’d say I could juggle, I’ve only so far
learnt to juggle with three juggling balls and don’t really have any plans to
make it more difficult than that.
3) Baking/Making Pancakes – I’ve included this on the list
as it was something that I kind of stumbled upon. I haven’t done loads of different types of
baking, but so far the few things I have done, as well as making pancakes, have
worked out really well. Out of each of my five things I can do, this will
probably be the most useful in day to day life and is just handy to have.
4) Blogging – Almost 11 months on and over 70 blogs later, I’d
be quite confident in calling myself a decent blogger. I’m not quite sure what
the criteria is or what people class as a blogger, but I’d still call myself
one. Blogging is something that I’ve taken a real liking to, and I enjoy
writing these weekly blogs. To me blogging is something that has become a part
of my life, and something I can see myself continuing for the foreseeable
future.
5) Whistling – Out of everything that I have so far learnt
to do, whistling is my favourite, and probably always will be. I’ve been able
to whistle since I was young and I never miss doing it, even if it did get me
in to trouble on the odd occasion making too much noise at home. For me
whistling is the equivalent of singing, some people sing when a good song comes
on, some hum, I enjoy whistling. I probably sound quite sad talking about this,
but I can’t stress how much I do like whistling.
Having sat down and actually thought about it, there are quite a few things that we do on a day to day basis that people may consider a normal thing to be able to do and have learnt, for example swimming or riding a bike. Most people would probably assume at a certain age you would just have learnt to do these things, however that's not always the case, whatever the reason, perhaps you just never got around to doing it, there are a number of things that we often take for granted .
The main point I picked up from this question is that, whether your a doctor, sales assistant, musician, or dog groomer, try to take some time out once and a while to reflect on the things you can do, and most importantly don't forget the little things.
