In school it meant I had a lot of difficulty with maths. I initially studied Latin in highschool but that came paired with 5-8 hours of maths which I couldn’t handle, so I dropped down to humanities. When it was time to choose a major in college I went with journalism because, well, no math, right? But my real dream job was to go into academia which I never did because I just assumed I couldn’t possibly hack it.

So now I’ve worked in customer service for the last twenty years. There’s not a single day that passes that I don’t regret I didn’t try harder with maths or took a major I actually wanted to do instead of something to pay the bills.

So in terms of actual impact, dyscalculia hardly comes into play at all since everyone has access to a calculator 100% of the time (despite what my teachers would say back then). But in terms of how it impacted the flow of my life, it’s pretty tragic. It cost me so many opportunities which I’ll never get back. Don’t make my mistake.