Among my strength are definitely my authenticity and love of nature, ability to deal with negative experience without losing touch with optimism, kindness, and my backbone of integrity. I think I have integrity. Some people probably think I'm not a good person, but I think I own up to my choices. I don't necessarily agree that the choices people judge me for are the wrong choices, but one thing I think everyone will agree with me on is that hurting others is (almost?) always the whong choice. I LOVE LOVE LOVE solving puzzles! This is why I LOVE coding - it's a never-ending game of puzzle solving. I actually did a lot of coding in grad school, some in undergrad, quite a bit after finishing my PhD, but the only formal training I had was one semester of programming in C and a high school "informatics" course my mom used to teach :) My mom was a "programming engineer," but she for some reason advised me not to go into this field, and I kind of wish I had, because I really love programming. I think maybe she was put off by the constant evolving nature of programming, or maybe it was tough on her eyes and her body... I don't know. She passed away since then, so unfortunately I cannot ask her. I loved my mom very much, and I still love her and will always miss her. I think she would be proud of me doing this on my own. I know she was proud of me when she was living. To change the subject, I love feeding stray cats! My mom did too :) I feel bad for them when they're hungry and sad. If possible, I will get them some dewormer and flea medicine. Ideally I would take them to the vet, but this is not always possible. My grandmother once expressed to me how utterly heartbroken she felt for the troubles I have gone through because, she said, you're the absolute best! How could anyone dare to hurt you like this... It made me cry. It was the sweetest thing to hear from her. I think sometimes people mistake my strength for some kind of toughness or sense of superiority and want to "take me down a notch," and frankly this is the furthest thing from what I need. The reason I seem so strong is because.. I AM. But this surely in itself no reason to hurt a person! And perhaps people misread me as a condescending and negative character because sometimes I put on a tough exterior to protect myself - being offputting (simply, not smiling and greeting everyone) keeps my interactions to a minimum, minimizing the risk of negitive encounters. Now, in reality this might actually be the opposite of what it actually does, excluding potentially friendly individuals and inviting the kind of as**oles who would want to "take me down a notch." Enough text. Now I can try this one design thing I want tAmong my strength are definitely my authenticity and love of nature, ability to deal with negative experience without losing touch with optimism, kindness, and my backbone of integrity. I think I have integrity. Some people probably think I'm not a good person, but I think I own up to my choices. I don't necessarily agree that the choices people judge me for are the wrong choices, but one thing I think everyone will agree with me on is that hurting others is (almost?) always the whong choice. I LOVE LOVE LOVE solving puzzles! This is why I LOVE coding - it's a never-ending game of puzzle solving. I actually did a lot of coding in grad school, some in undergrad, quite a bit after finishing my PhD, but the only formal training I had was one semester of programming in C and a high school "informatics" course my mom used to teach :) My mom was a "programming engineer," but she for some reason advised me not to go into this field, and I kind of wish I had, because I really love programming. I think maybe she was put off by the constant evolving nature of programming, or maybe it was tough on her eyes and her body... I don't know. She passed away since then, so unfortunately I cannot ask her. I loved my mom very much, and I still love her and will always miss her. I think she would be proud of me doing this on my own. I know she was proud of me when she was living. To change the subject, I love feeding stray cats! My mom did too :) I feel bad for them when they're hungry and sad. If possible, I will get them some dewormer and flea medicine. Ideally I would take them to the vet, but this is not always possible. My grandmother once expressed to me how utterly heartbroken she felt for the troubles I have gone through because, she said, you're the absolute best! How could anyone dare to hurt you like this... It made me cry. It was the sweetest thing to hear from her. I think sometimes people mistake my strength for some kind of toughness or sense of superiority and want to "take me down a notch," and frankly this is the furthest thing from what I need. The reason I seem so strong is because.. I AM. But this surely in itself no reason to hurt a person! And perhaps people misread me as a condescending and negative character because sometimes I put on a tough exterior to protect myself - being offputting (simply, not smiling and greeting everyone) keeps my interactions to a minimum, minimizing the risk of negitive encounters. Now, in reality this might actually be the opposite of what it actually does, excluding potentially friendly individuals and inviting the kind of as**oles who would want to "take me down a notch." Enough text. Now I can try this one design thing I want t