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You reply in the comments, and i try to guess your age based on a short conversation we have. That's it!

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[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

What makes you thoughtful? Are you talking about thoughtfulness in the empathetic sense?

[-] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

I chose the word intentionally, because it works in at least two senses: I am full of thought generally and I do things that exhibit evidence of having thought about others.

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

So would you consider yourself the most thoughtful person in your friend group, or your family, and what is it that you believe causes your thoughtfulness? Maybe it's upbringing, or life experiences

[-] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

I don't compare myself to others along that axis, so I don't know. Also, it's very easy for a person to see themself as being superior to others when it comes to positive qualities such as that one.

As for why I'm like this, I imagine it's a combination of doing well in the genetic lottery combined with having reached a point of general comfort in my life that means I don't suffer from the same desperation-induced inward focus that others do.

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Vary interesting. I definitely agree with the superiority complex thing. Tell me more about your personal relationships, that may include friends, family and partners. What do you hope to enhance, or are striving for within them?

[-] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

To treat them with more compassion. To react less sharply. For them to feel safer around me and with me.

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Okay, how thoughtful hehe. In what way do you wish to make an impact either in a field or to people around you, and are you actually moving towards it?

[-] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

I help software professionals make sense of and make peace with the dysfunction in their workplace. And I believe I'm doing that fairly well.

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh, so like an organizational consultant. That's nice. How long have you been doing it for?

[-] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

It seems like an answer to that question risks rather trivially giving away my age, so I won't answer that one. 😉

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Oh come on man😅. That ain't fair. I need something to go off of. Okay, do you travel a lot? And if you do, tell me some of the places you've been to

[-] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 54 minutes ago

I travel a lot now. I traveled a lot in the past. I travel across Canada now and I traveled around Europe in the past. I have traveled a lot between Munich and the western Russia border.

I lived for three months in Reykjavík, for three months in Mazatlán, and for parts of a few years I lived a few months per year in Stockholm.