Think of one thing you're really good at. Like hands down, you own it every time. I'll go first.

Never saying no to a chocolate chip cookie. Guilty, I own it. Now, what's one thing you're really

not so good at?

Like, every time it just turns into a colossal letdown.

Here, I'll go again first.

Never saying no to a chocolate chip cookie.

Yep, that's... yep, you got me.

We all have that one thing that we're really good at.

For some people, it's playing the piano.

For others, it's cooking, and for others it's being really good at disappointing themselves. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, let me explain.

People who are really good at disappointing themselves, they have this unique talent for finding ways to let themselves down, usually without even trying. Sometimes it's as simple as forgetting

to do something important or making a mistake that it could have easily been avoided. Other

times, it's more complex, like getting caught up in the all too familiar cycle of negative thinking.

Whatever the case may be, people who are really good at disappointing themselves

have a knack for finding new ways to do this.

And the really sad thing is that sometimes we don't even realize we're doing it.

I had someone ask me the other day,

Am I a disappointment?

What?

I replied, no, no, not at all.

Well, sometimes I do disappointing things, they said.

It got me thinking, we all do things that disappoint others, and we all do things that disappoint

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