I don't have anything I'm exceptional at. I'm an average musician, average writer, average programmer (I used to be exceptional at that, but times moved on), average cook, average artist. In every field, I see people who are so much better than me and I know that they have something innate whereas I just work hard. I'm more artisan than artist (which annoys the hell out of me).
It used to distress me that I couldn't find one thing that I was brilliant at until someone told me that they were jealous of me because I seemed to be able to turn my hand to most things. I still want that one thing that I can say I'm better at than the other seven billion people, but I think I learned to live with being an all-rounder.
Is it normal to feel like I have no real talents?
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I don't have anything I'm exceptional at. I'm an average musician, average writer, average programmer (I used to be exceptional at that, but times moved on), average cook, average artist. In every field, I see people who are so much better than me and I know that they have something innate whereas I just work hard. I'm more artisan than artist (which annoys the hell out of me).
It used to distress me that I couldn't find one thing that I was brilliant at until someone told me that they were jealous of me because I seemed to be able to turn my hand to most things. I still want that one thing that I can say I'm better at than the other seven billion people, but I think I learned to live with being an all-rounder.
You sound a lot like I was.