What Are Your Strengths?

Discovering and taking advantage of your strengths can help you lead a productive life. Do you know what your strengths are?

There are all kinds of reasons to figure out what you are good at. The most obvious one is so that you can take advantage. If you are good at, say, problem solving, then you should find ways to incorporate problem solving into your everyday life.

Similarly, determining your strengths can help you decide where to start. You may choose to study or to practice what you are best at, which can help you make rapid improvement.

Alternately, you could choose the reverse. Once you know what works for you, you might decide to focus efforts on other areas, so you might become more well-rounded.

It can also help your personal relationships. You may want to have friends who appreciate your talents. And for a life partner, it can be beneficial to have someone who compliments you. That is, it can work well if your partner’s strengths are things that you are not so good at, and vice versa.

So how can you figure out what you are best at? One way is to think about the successful times in your life, and try to figure out if they have something in common. Make a list of skills you have, and things that you enjoy doing.

Of course, someone else may see and appreciate things in you that you miss or are not attuned to. Maybe you have a strength that you simply don’t think of. You may want to ask a family member, close friend, or romantic partner what they view as your best qualities. You might be surprised at the wide range of answers.

What are your strengths?

Related questions: How do you define success? Can vulnerability be strength? What basic skill have you never learned?

Canning Or Freezing?

If you are going to preserve food, are you more likely to can or to freeze? Do you buy more canned food, or frozen food?

Share why if you wish.

Canning Or Freezing?
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Where Did You Go This Summer?

If you took a vacation this summer, where did you go? Was it somewhere local, or perhaps halfway around the world?

Share why if you wish.

How Could Food Labels Be Better?

Everyone eats food, so it is in our best interest to be as knowledgeable as possible about what we consume. One way to do that is through the label on packaging at the grocery store.

The current label prominently displays calories as the most important statistic. Also show are any nutrients, as well as the amount of fiber, protein, added sugar, and so on. There is also an ingredients list.

When shopping, do you consult the label? If so, do you use the information on the label to make decisions on which items to purchase?

There is information that is not being conveyed by current labels. If you ask a simple question: is this food good for me? Today’s packaging doesn’t really answer that question.

It can also be difficult to determine just how processed an item is — that is, how many steps is the product away from the original meat or plants that it is made from?

There is also some information that isn’t directly tied to the nutritional content. Were animals raised in a humane way? Were they treated with antibiotics? What kind of environmental impact did a food stuff have? How far did it travel to get to you? Were the farmers treated fairly?

Some products do advertise these things. Eggs, for instance, might be marked as “free range”. Chocolate is sometimes labeled “fair trade”. But this labeling is optional, and a manufacturer will choose not to if the answer reflects badly on the product. Should this be made mandatory?

What sort of changes to today’s labels do you think would be helpful? Or do you think current labels are fine the way they are?

Related questions: How do we make our food system healthy and sustainable? How do you stay healthy? Is more knowledge always better?

 

Orange, Green, Or Purple?

Of the secondary colors, which one are you drawn to the most? Has it changed over time?

Share why if you wish.

Orange, Green, Or Purple?
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