Two plus two equals...

....a truth (that I had not acknowledged/been aware of/appreciated).

I had a really interesting conversation with a new friend the other day.  We met after she opened her studio down the road from my penthouse, I walked in one afternoon, not long after she had opened and we got chatting.  We have common ground in that we both graduated from Gray's School of Art in the early naughties...and over the past couple of months, after I found out that she makes an afa fine (good) cuppa coffee, it's now my local!! :)

Her studio and the people I've met there have inspired me to start being creative again and I'm LOVING it.  But I digress...the conversation we were having the other day revealed that we have another thing in common - we are both really fast learners BUT are really crap at retaining the new skill/knowledge/information for very long.

I suppose it's quite strange to think that at the mature age of 28½ (yes, that's right, I've aged) that I'm still learning things about myself.  I always knew that I was quick to pick things up (I don't mean other peoples' possessions - that would be theft - I mean skills) but I also knew that over the years I had 'learnt' that I didn't really enjoy sticking at things, I like to move on.  I love learning new things and experiencing different aspects of life.  There's nothing wrong with that in itself - but it wasn't until that conversation that I had with new friend that I realised that my attitude has been borne out of experiencing the high, pride and enjoyment of being praised for the speed at which I pick up new skills to then living through the disappointment of not being able to maintain that level of expectation, both from myself and others, when I next go back to whatever it was that I learnt...and, quite frankly, being rubbish at it.

I never put two & two together before...and to be honest I'm not sure that I enjoy counting anymore!!

So it appears that I have another 'weakness' to add to my list...sitting right along beside marshmallows (which incidently I've introduced new friend to...coffee & marshmallows...hmmmmmm).