Did you say you were Psychic?

In my garden

Defining what we do can be challenging because what we do defines who we are.

Who we are defines what people think. Of course, it doesn’t matter what people think. Unless they are wrong.

Maybe I asked for it by writing about intuition,  psychic abilities, past lives, reiki, auras and the like.

I have lost count of how many times, recently, I have said, “I do not work as a psychic” The reply is mostly, “Oh, but you are psychic aren’t you?”

I then feebly mutter under my breath and change the subject.
Here is the conversation that triggered this post – I am B and the questioner is D:

D - Is he going to leave me?
B - I don’t know.

​D - Of course you know, you’re a psychic. Just tell me. It’s your job.
B - No it isn’t.

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D - Oh. If that isn’t your job then what is?
B - I am many things but working as a psychic is not one of them.

D - But you are psychic.
B - Well yes, but I think we all are. The word is often misused…

D - Yeah whatever, is he going to leave me? 
B - As I said.

D - Pretend I have paid you to be my therapist and tell me.
B - I am not your therapist and you haven’t so no.

D - You think he’s going don’t you?
B - I’m past caring (I didn’t actually say that out loud). Why do you think he might?

D - Don’t do that therapist thing on me where you answer a question with a question to make us think for ourselves.

Then her phone rang.

D - OMG he has invited me away for the weekend with his parents.
B - That’s fab. Doesn’t seem like he is leaving.

D - You knew that didn’t you. You are amazing! I definitely want to book a proper reading with you. 
B - Did you not hear what I said earlier?

D - Tut, you’re just being modest. I want to write a book, you can help me with that. What shall I write about? Will you publish it? 
B- Sigh...
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It is clear that when we do more than one thing in our work-life it becomes harder to define. In the past I have written about being typecast. Does it matter?