Quick question: have you ever bothered to wonder if you might be smarter than you think you are? Personally, I've always found myself kind of not-smart. Not dumb, exactly. Just...not quite as smart as I'd like. I've been often coined with the word "ditzy". I always thought of a "ditzy" person as someone being willingly silly or purposefully confused. I can tell you, as someone who has been called ditzy by friends, bosses, strangers, family...I do not do it on purpose. I misunderstand things I think out of maybe nervousness, not out of stupidity. Or I am just klutzy. Or so anxious to impress that I do the exact opposite. Truth is, I am ditzy. I won't sit here and deny it. I have a million stories I could list off to prove it. But, hey, being a little ditzy doesn't mean I'm not smart. I recently have had a lot of good ideas: business ideas, book ideas, film ideas. I always told myself I'd just marry someone who'd take care of me because I don't have many ambitions aside from wanting to be able to travel and listen to music and read books. I think that's fine. I'm not a hard-worker because when I'm working hard it doesn't feel like I'm working. If you've ever felt passion on a project, when you couldn't wait to get your hands back on the keyboard or the guitar strings on the pencil, you get what I'm saying. But I also haven't (until fairly recently) felt the itch to make my passions my career. I don't have a degree and I never plan on getting one. I think school is overrated. Knowledge, however, is not. I'm learning that I'm not content to not know things. I'm learning to give myself credit when I have a good idea, and not cast it aside as a bad one. I am striving to be more articulate instead of being sad that I'm not. So, basically, in this weird twisted post that might not make any sense to anyone but me, I'm saying I'm smart. And I'm only going to get smarter. And I'd like you to give yourself a chance to start seeing the person in the mirror as more intelligent than you originally thought. 🤔 #BeBonafide #YOUARESMART #LiveAuthentic (at Oswald West, Oregon Coast)