Sometimes I say that it feels like I learned how to human out of a book. Unfortunately this is not literal (one person asked me which book?) but I saw this Instagram video today about “my special interest is how humans think/perceive/behave,” and it felt very familiar.
The better part of valor
Something I’ve had to learn over the years of being on the Internet is that sometimes I am wrong, and need to take a seat and be introspective instead of explaining why I think the way I do.
This was surprisingly difficult to do. I think part of it is the desire to not have people dislike me; but both learning that that’s not something I can control, and starting to care less if they DO like me, makes me better at figuring out what I did wrong and being a better person in the future, which (counter intuitively?) makes me more likeable as a person.
We all fuck up on occasion. (Or, even, frequently.)
We all have the ability to say “Sorry, will do” when a mod tells us to step off or take a break.
I like to joke that I learned How To People by reading a book. But that’s not so far from the truth. Thinking about things and analyzing social situations is how I managed to get social skills in the first place.
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