If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or (real life not magical) ability, what would it be?

[canuk-gal]

I wish I could put the things that really bother me out of my mind. I can't seem to do it. I wake up at night and those things even come to me then. I know some people can compartmentalize but I find that if it is something serious to me, I can't. And it gets me down. These are always things that I am not in a position to change.

These things wake me up as well. It's a bummer.

 

[Madam Bijoux]

A higher IQ, better perception and more common sense than I have now.

 

[monarch64]

I have another answer that is more tangible and something I have wished I could do for a long time
Sing. I wish I could carry a tune
I wish I had a beautiful singing voice
Oh I really wish this were possible
When we were little my parents gave us almost very possible lesson
Dancing, ballet, tap, gymnastics, swimming, ice skating, piano, organ, clarinet, guitar and so on and so forth
But never singing lessons
However I have zero singing abilities
I am tone deaf
So maybe they realized that
But this would be a dream come true if I could sing
I am not asking to sing like Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald
Though that would be incredible
Rather, I am just asking to be able to carry a tune so I could sing in a pleasant voice not offending others
That will never be because I cannot carry a tune
I do sing anyway but never if others (with the exception of my DH) are around
I do not want to cause pain to anyone lol

You sound JUST like my mother! It’s crazy how alike your words are to things she’s said to me over all these years. Her mother was a concert violinist and pianist; her younger sister has an outstanding singing voice (but refuses to sing because stage fright/anxiety which I totally understand), and I have excellent musical talent. Wow. Sorry, I had to comment because I’m so shocked that someone sounds so exactly like my mom!

ETA: and you know what’s really funny? Even though my mother is tone deaf, she sang lullabies to me every night after she read to us (my brother is 4 years older and I was hearing The Hobbit and other scary stories very very young), and I thought she had the most beautiful voice in the entire world. And when she played piano? For YEARS until I became accomplished, I thought she was amazing. It’s all perception. Xoxoxoxoooo!!!

 

[MMtwo]

I would finish what I started, I would be a great ender.