cogitatio

I've been thinking lately of how great it is to be great at everything, I mean I am a great student, a great manager, a great graphic designer, a great thinker, a great big loser if I think I'm so perfect.

When did our society start telling us that we have to be great at everything? I have noticed alot lately among my friends and classmates that there is an unhealthy desire to be perfect in everything we do. I think that it is a manifestation of our own personal insecurities, I mean if I am great at everything then there is no reason why everyone wont like me right? Or is it when I think that I'm so great that people wont like me?
I think we have an unhealthy desire to please everyone around us, we're looking up to them begging them to recognize just how much of an asset we are, we can multitask and juggle like no ones business (I mean really juggle with flaming sticks) and we can do pretty much everything. One thing that I am really trying to focus on right now in my life is really nailing down just what I am good at, I mean I have strengths that make me a great person without trying to be perfect, plus I think that I'll feel a whole lot better about myself not having to stress about all that other stuff, besides isn't someone else good at that?