Things that are supposed to be hard to do that you find easy (& vice versa)

[Echobelly]

I don't find it difficult to take breaks from work and finish on time, even when working from home. My 'work brain' just stops working if I don't take breaks or if I try to work into the evening. I'd rather do it the next day but better.

I don't find it hard to stop looking at my phone in bed at night. I mean, I'm pretty addicted all day, but I don't find it hard to turn off because I want to sleep.

I don't find it hard to find time to have breakfast - because I can't function without it! I don't understand how people can make it through so much of the day without eating.

I love my kids, but I didn't find it a terrible wrench to go back to work at all.

I can't type on a phone and walk at the same time, which everyone else seems to be able to do.

I can't relax on a beach because I find sand annoying and I'm too hot.

I can't prepare tea for a big group of people using a teapot because I never drink tea and I don't know how much to put in or for how long 😳

Parallel parking - easy peasy!
Getting up on time - forget it!!
Remember to eat breakfast - nope!

Delayed gratification. I dont know why people seem to find this so hard- to work hard first then relax later. To eat your vegetables first, then the enjoy the yummy part. To save money first then spend later. To get your to do list done first so you can relax the rest of the day without constantly thinking of what you have to do. To me, this is such simple common sense yet so many people seem to demand pleasure NOW then have the worry and fretting afterwards of things they should have done but left to the last moment.

Being on time. I dont know why some people seem to find this so bloody hard- its not difficult to factor in getting ready time, travel time etc.. it takes 30 seconds worth of thinking to figure this out yet so many people seem to just bumble along without thinking anything through.

Forgetting to eat- HOW? I wish I could do this lol

Paris you are the polar opposite of me

I am great at being spontaneous/winging it. I think this is a result of me being terribly disorganised and/or forgetful so I quite frequently find myself needing to improvise or bring things together with very little resources. I didn't realise this was a skill until the day that someone was giving me a lift and I assembled an entire lesson plan and a couple of back up activities in about ten minutes flat and she looked at me open mouthed and said she would have been a gibbering wreck.

I can just fall asleep if I'm tired. The only time I can't is if I've had caffeine too late in the day or if I've drunk alcohol.

I find it easy to understand and remember things. Then I can explain them concisely to other people. I just seem to have the kind of brain that can do that. I don't really know how I do it, I just seem to see through to the structure and that makes it clear. Whereas other people maybe see more of the surface and so their understanding in the first place isn't quite the same.

But

I can't wake up in the mornings. I literally have to have a complicated multi-level alarm system that I can't switch off until I've completed certain tasks to switch from my lizard brain to human brain or I will not get out of bed. For hours. I've got up at 6pm before

I am totally, completely unable to remember to do things that I want to do or promise to do. Reminding DC to study for example. And things like family dinner that I want to do it gets to the time that I need to do it and I can't make myself. It's really frustrating.