I love you, Johnny Cakes

My internet is acting funny tonight so this might be a quickie.

I've been so very tired lately. Four times last week I passed out on the couch without even getting ready for bed. I'd wake up groggy at like 3 am and stumble into the bathroom. As I was brushing my teeth and figuring out where I was, I'd start feeling the anxiety of the approaching day seeping into my soul. No fun.

And it got me thinking. I need to figure out something I'm good at before it's too late.

I sincerely believe every human being has an aptitude for something. Something comes naturally to everyone. When it's Tiger Woods and golf, you could call it a gift. When it's the guy who can load the industrial dishwasher faster than anybody else, maybe "gift" is too strong. Maybe it's a knack.

Everybody has a knack for something. There are plenty of people wth multiple knacks. There are some people who seem to have a knack for just about everything.

The trick is finding a knack that you enjoy and that people want to pay you money for. Ideally your number one knack is something that commands a high salary and allows you to retire early so you can concentrate on some of your other knacks, like maybe tennis or sailing or binge drinking.

One of the great tragedies of so many of our lives is that we spend way too much time doing stuff we don't have a knack for. Or that we have a knack for but don't enjoy. Or that we have a knack for and sort of enjoy but only nets us eight bucks an hour.

So far, I don't have any knacks. It's frustrating as hell, but I'm average to below average to awful at most things. I'm sure there's a knack out there for me, I just haven't found it yet. And as you get older it gets harder to find the time to try a bunch of stuff in hopes of discovering a knack.

Really, the earlier you start locating your knacks the better.

Here's something I'd recommend: take the year off after high school. Travel. Get some jobs. Meet some people who know more about the world than you do. Try a whole mess of stuff. You'll see what you like, you'll see what you're good at, and then when you're 37 you'll be deep into a satisfying knack-rich life, instead of pecking out lightweight posts on your blog.

Or not.

So as you can tell I'm still questioning my role in the universe and rethinking some of the choices I've made in life. But still feeling hopeful about the future.

Just wait'll I get my knack. You'll see! (shaking fist)

Speaking of knacks, MDilly has a bunch. And apparently moustache-growing can be added to that list:
Wow. The Verbungle Moustache Classic is off to a hell of a start. This picture brings up so many questions, but it also seems to be telling us all that there will be no further answers of any kind and please don't even ask. I would like to know if he's still rocking that 'stache or if it was merely a mid-shave photo op. Either way, it's mighty good.

Deadline is October 1st. Stache up, bitches.

For ten points, what quasi-celebrity does MDilly most resemble in that photo? And no, it's not the volunteer fireman guy who stole Vito's heart on The Sopranos last season.

Oh, and by the way, what are your knacks?