Ive been called out on the fidgeting thing a couple times. Mostly people asking if i had too much coffee this morning which then i realize both my legs are bouncing a mile a minute and im drumming the desk like a madman. Internally though i was fine, didnt even realize i was doing it. Anyway, good luck with your testing!
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I know I fidget, but always have a paper clip or something to mess with off screen or in my pocket. It wasn’t until I watched the recording of a talk I gave to high school students about our program, that it really hit home. Throughout my half hour talk the back of my chair (which is quite high) can be seen swinging from one side to another behind me. It’s green too so pretty distracting!
Oof that is so annoying when people just call you out like that... 😅
I entirely do not mean to be rude, but
Apparently it's also not called "Girl math", but "Impulsive over-spending". SMH my head
Is... is this a quirky joke comment made for nothing but effect, or... did you ... actually not know this, and learn this in the meeting?
Surely the former.
I didn’t know until this post. But I’m also not really up on my memes.
Didn't know "girl math"? I didn't either but I don't think that's the question.
In an appointment with my psychiatrist doing the questionnaire, they were asking the questions, and I'd answer and they'd fill it out.
At one of the questions they say "this one is about fidgeting/not being able to sit still and I'm just gonna go ahead and fill that one in."
I was like, "but I've been sitting still. I thought I was doing a good job sitting still, wasn't I?"
Looks me dead in the eyes, "no, no you weren't."
He has a chameleon??? Holy shit, anyone who can keep those goobers alive & healthy are fukkin rad!!