I feel there is a misconception about not being able to do certain things. Society tells you to keep quiet if you can’t do something that everyone else can do.

I want to start a conversation, where people can openly say what they can’t do and let it all out.

I’m 21 and I can’t ride a bike. I have always lived in a big city, where there wasn’t a great bicycle system, so although I had a bike, I only used it when I was in the countryside and for some reason, I never took the training wheels off, before quitting. My grandparents say I had a bad experience on the bicycle and that is why I stopped, but I honestly don’t remember that.

I’m 21 and I have failed my driving practice test twice. I feel like I was quite unlucky on this one because I always got to the point of the practice test when I had to leave for a new country, which meant I always had to rush it. The first time I failed, I failed because of the theory questions examiners in Italy ask before starting the test. My instructor decided to teach us the things they would ask us at the practice test fifteen minutes before the test started. So, there was all this information I didn’t previously know added to the stress of taking the test. The second time, I flew back to Italy just to take the test and they moved my test to a town outside my city, where I had never driven before. My instructor was like “don’t worry he won’t test you on the small roads, because he probably doesn’t know these streets either”. Well, he was wrong. My examiner actually lived in this town, so he only made me drive in this extremely narrow streets with stops at every corner and let’s just say it was a bit of a disaster. Safe to say I still don’t have my driving licence, but I hope to get that sorted by next year.

I’m 21 and I don’t even understand taxes. I hate that they don’t teach you this kind of stuff in school. I am now in university and sooner or later I am going to have to learn how they work and what I have to do to pay them. I honestly think that schools should do even just a one time lesson about things like this.

I’m 21 and I hate speaking on the phone. It’s not that I can’t speak on the phone, it’s that I find it really awkward and really can’t stand it. Whether it’s calling my grandma or making a doctor’s appointment I really don’t like doing it over the phone. It’s definitely something I want to work on because you can’t go your entire life without talking on the phone ever and I feel like this is something that affects a lot of people my age. For some reason, I don’t find it as awkward video chatting.

I’m 21 and I can’t take an injection like a normal person. Honestly, this is probably one of the most embarrassing ones. Whenever I go to the doctors for an injection or blood test, I literally put headphones on maximum and listen to loud music so that I can’t hear any other noises and close my eyes. The doctors probably think that I’m a weirdo, but this is the only way it works for me.