RE: SILVER LINING #1
I meant storytelling in every sense of the word, a combination of all the media available. Speaking has never been (and will never be) my strong suit, but I consider it an integral part of storytelling, in the sense that taking a photo is telling a story or poetry doing the same thing.
We of the inquisitive variety would always be ostracized. I long for the day when that's not the case. When no one should ever be afraid to show off what they have in their beautiful minds. Kudos to you for not caving in to what society deems as "correct."
I suffered through the same thing! I was an honor student, but my penmanship almost held me back! After that was sorted out, Mathematics became the thorn that prevented me from getting any honors haha So I went on to take up Engineering in college haha! More on that next time. Have a good night's rest, my friend!
Engineering, wow! I also struggled with math...well actually not basic math, I excelled in that during the younger years, it wasn't until it took actual time and effort that I began to lag. Mostly for lack of interest, figuring out complex mathematical problems? Yawnnn. I could do it, but I didn't want to, haha! However when I went to college it was for Computer Science and programming, hahaha!! Kind of ironic for both of us. Though I didn't end up finishing. In fact I had enough credits for an associate's in humanities/social science and basically stopped there for a variety of life related reasons. It had initially been my intention to go back but other life related reasons changed my course, mostly helping my husband take over his uncle's businesses and then I found I preferred working in nature and writing on the side.
I started out in Engineering, finished all the basic stuff but shifted to ... Computer Science (!!!) just before I took the thesis, and I rolled with it into my professional career. I never grew into the role, and the math just became more confusing. Programming has always been a favorite hobby of mine ever since I was a kid and, even though I wouldn't say it comes naturally to me, I found it easy to understand algorithms and such. Since I was already doing everyone else's coding assignments, I thought why not make it a profession. I specialized in artificial intelligence, that's why I'm so attached to @ezzy's The Symbiotic Protocol! haha!
Nested, must write here ;) Okay, now we're getting downright spooky, haha! Although the path veered far off that course for me. Timing in life is such an odd thing, I think about it a lot. If his uncle had waited several years to retire, if we had already launched our careers (my husband had just finished the Pre-Chiropractic program and was heading to a Chiropractic college when we jumped off the academia ship) would we have chosen differently? Does it matter? Was it always going to turn out this way? -This is why I sleep so little, lol :)
Haha! The wandering mind is sleep's greatest nemesis. Yeah, timing really is everything. Had I not returned to Steemit when I did, I might not have stumbled upon @ezzy, which in turn would've led to us not stumbling upon each other in his epic's comments section. There's some merits about destiny and "what's meant to be will be," but the delicate balance that timing provides is so much more compelling! Chaos theory at its finest.
It's a bit further off but I actually studied (and practice) acupuncture, which is mentioned in the same breath as chiropractic here. But, that came way after my career in the corporate world stagnated.