6. Math

I don't like doing things that I am not naturally good at. I don't like falling, failing, or asking stupid questions. That goes for pretty much everything (rollerblading, skiing, making grilled cheese, etc.) but most especially math.

I fully admit it: I gave up on math. When I was a freshman in college I took precalculus and earned my first C. I followed that up with the statistics class required of all business students and earned my second C. That was about enough for me. Besides, when was I ever going to need or want to know this stuff anyway? Isn't that why God created calculators?

Later in college I worked for the math department and started hanging out with math tutors and grad students. At first I laughed at them having arguments in front of chalkboards about some theorem I had only maybe heard of. But then I realized that had I worked harder and gone further in math, I probably would have been able to contribute to their conversation. More importantly, I would probably be a more rounded person.

But, I didn't. No regrets, but I've learned two important facts: it's never too late to learn math, and some things that don't come naturally are still worth learning how to do.

Except skiing, which is inherently evil and should never be done by anyone ever.