Day 12: How is sensitivity your superpower?

Honestly I am surprised to see this topic coming up again, as we just reflected on this two days ago. Yet since we are here, I would elaborate further on this. 

Apart from having deeper feelings towards the aesthetics, emotions and intellectual discussion I mentioned last time, another so-called "superpower" I am endowed with is an exceptionally keen eye on detail for texts and facts. This perhaps explains why I excel in reading comprehension, and am particularly good at picking up errors or meanings between the lines. 

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Examples are everywhere. I once spotted a typo in the letter head of an organization which has been used for years. Another time I caught many errors, out of others' expectation, when asked to proof-read a pamphlet draft which they assumed was pretty much done. When me and my business partners were running our energy equipment business, I had to constantly correct the blunders they made, driving me nuts; even for tedious topics like audit reports, I would still spend tremendous effort to go through them and come up with comments.  

Not surprisingly, such behaviour is not always welcomed. Many people would view my constant feedback as picky, if not outright arrogant. I will not deny the fact I might take some pride in it; yet at the same time I also have a strong urge to set things right. Seeing something wrong and pretending not so is like trying to refrain from scratching a very itchy spot. It consumes me almost like an obsession, and this urge to rectify is more compelling than the vanity it accompanies. 

Another downside of this, of course, would be the excessive time and mental drain I put on myself. As a result of this characteristic, I do most things slower than an average person, even for simple tasks like my previous dish washing part-timer. Yet rushing through things really isn't consistent with my inner feelings. This brings back to the haunt of perfectionism, which I had discussed before and won't repeat here.

To conclude, I am aware of my meticulousness can be my superpower - only if I channel it under the right circumstances. So goodbye to lousy jobs and mindless activities; sophistication is what I will align myself with.