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Daily Question, July 24

Which of my idiosyncrasies would I miss if it was no longer here?

  • Don Jones

    The conversations with my dog.

    • Present Moment

      I am really surprised that speaking to one’s pets was not a more popular response!
      I’ve been chided for this behavior most of my life. Now I just feel sorry for those who never learned the languages of their domestic animals.. I’ve found it opens worlds of communication, most of it much more sophisticated than verbal.

  • KC

    My desire and need to trust, allow, surrender, let go and let things flow. A part of me aspires to a more disciplined, orderly, structured, methodical, goal oriented approach to many things. Without the more casual, relaxed part I would be one miserable human! ?

  • Michele

    Besides this website, I also go on National Day Calendar each morning. I enjoy reading and learning all the different National Days and then sharing them to various people. I would miss that website (and this site even more) if they were to be gone.
    July, 24, 2020 – NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY – NATIONAL COUSINS DAY – NATIONAL DRIVE-THRU DAY – NATIONAL THERMAL ENGINEER DAY – NATIONAL AMELIA EARHART DAY

    • Trish

      I’ll raise my tequila shot in memory of the wonderful Amelia Earhart this evening. Thanks?

      • Michele

        yes! I am close to my cousins so I let them know today was cousins day:)

  • Zenith

    I too notice errors in grammar, spelling, language as I am a college graduate. I would miss it because I believe that that skill sets me apart from others in a very good way. Most people don’t think it matters when they use nonwords like ‘I seen’, but it does. It absolutely does. Most of the people I hang with do use proper grammar. Just the nature of the home I grew up in.

  • Trish

    I play games w/ numbers all day long. Examples: last night I exchanged texts w/ my son & asked him to pick a number between 1-50 & he chose 17. I’ll prepare the recipe on pg 17 of a cookbook, I use numbers to decide what shade of lipstick, blush & eyeliner I wear on any given day. It’s bizarre…. but really fun?

  • Pollyanna Gladwell
    Which of my idiosyncrasies would I miss if it was* no longer here? One of my idiosyncrasies is noticing errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar such as the one* in the question above! (Sorry guys – it should be ‘were’ as the statement is contrary to fact!) Without this idiosyncrasy, I wouldn’t be able to edit/proofread the writings of friends, family and some academics on websites, blogs, papers and articles. I sometimes earn a bit of moolah for doing it and that is very welco...

    Which of my idiosyncrasies would I miss if it was* no longer here?

    One of my idiosyncrasies is noticing errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar such as the one* in the question above! (Sorry guys – it should be ‘were’ as the statement is contrary to fact!)

    Without this idiosyncrasy, I wouldn’t be able to edit/proofread the writings of friends, family and some academics on websites, blogs, papers and articles. I sometimes earn a bit of moolah for doing it and that is very welcome, but I also enjoy it and would miss it.

    In the greater scheme of things, though, mistakes don’t bother me, even though I can’t help but notice them. (I wouldn’t have mentioned the error in the question today unless my idiosyncrasies were under discussion !)

    I have one very close friend who speaks ungrammatically, but I would never dream of correcting him as it might embarrass him. I consider it to be just an idiosyncrasy of his and it makes not a jot of difference to my admiration of him. At the same time, I have friends whose first language is not English and because they have asked me to do so, I do correct their grammar.

    I greatly admire those who have learned English and are able to communicate in it, however imperfectly. I think it is a very difficult language to use correctly and the internet is full of articles on controversial usage as well as geographic differences. Oscar Wilde wrote: “We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.”

    And I’m sure I often make mistakes too – ain’t nobody perfect!

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    • Michele

      I do this too. There, their, and they’re really are ones that irritate me when used improperly:)

    • Patricia

      Haha! I love this, Pollyanna, because I do the same thing!

  • Katrina

    If by idiosyncrasy the question simply means a characteristic behavior that perhaps sets me apart, I would say my need and ability to plan. It both drives my family crazy and helps us have great family times, as otherwise the 20 of us would sit around on vacations or family reunions trying to make decisions about what to do or what to eat. I both love and don’t love this about myself, but I would definitely miss it if it was no longer here.

    • Michele

      I can also relate – I’m a planner too. (so is my best friend) I’m missing planning vacations with my family due to corona but look forward to when I can again. Everything is so up in the air now, ugh.

  • Gregoir
    Idiosyncracies are not always quirks, they can sometimes be the simple characteristics of personalities or being that make us who we are as individuals. For me, I would miss the part of of me that is always looking to make things better. On the one had this characteristic frequently will lead me to not accept a circumstance that I have no control over but I still try to change it. I am learning acceptance as I continue to focus on gratitude. However, that trait does lend itself to optimism ...

    Idiosyncracies are not always quirks, they can sometimes be the simple characteristics of personalities or being that make us who we are as individuals. For me, I would miss the part of of me that is always looking to make things better. On the one had this characteristic frequently will lead me to not accept a circumstance that I have no control over but I still try to change it. I am learning acceptance as I continue to focus on gratitude. However, that trait does lend itself to optimism that things can be or get better. I’m trying to STOP/LOOK/GO in those instances to remind myself that God has led me here, to trust and accept it. If I lost that trait, I would lose hope to some degree.

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  • Cathy

    Hmm. That’s a tough one! To answer it, I’d first have to make a list of my idiosyncrasies. To do that, I have to decide if the things I think of are just quirky or if they are negative traits of my personality. My overly analytical mind might get me in trouble here, so I think I’ll pass on this question!

  • devy

    My idiosyncrasies are part of me, make up who I am, make me unique. I try to embrace them all, accept their contribution to my inner self.

  • Howie Geib

    I am kind of at a loss as if I have any true idiosyncratic behavior I would likely be unaware of it. I am an early riser, and this has been true for a long time. I am attached to it as it provides me with some very rich private peaceful time to do things like this! My love of control, not even if I take it, just knowing that it is something I can do.

    • Judith

      Lovely words, “very rich private peaceful time.” Thank you!

  • Kevin

    Me? Idiosyncrasies? Surely, you jest. I do not have idiosyncrasies; I have finely honed individual characteristics that distinguish me from others.

    But seriously, I need ALL of my idiosyncrasies because they make me who I am…in addition to giving my wife and daughters something to laugh about at my expense!

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