Everyone is missing out on the good shit in life focusing only on the forest but not the fine details, the forest only exists because of millions of small beautiful details.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m on the spectrum but I hope it isn’t, I wish everyone could experience the same joy I get from all the small things.
I know some people at work who use it simply cause they know it, but it never translates to anything of value from them. They just say it, amd say it, amd say it. So annoying.
It’s also occasionally lobbed at me as a criticism from losers who clearly are jealous at my attention to detail.
This saying actually means the opposite of what you think it does. “Missing the forest” in this context means to ignore it. So the saying is more about not being able to see the big picture because you’re too caught up in a single tree.
Hopefully this can help mitigate some of the iritation the saying has for you.
I actually use this saying alot to explain hypersensitivity to neurotypicals.
I get so much heaps of sensory input from the smallest of things i cant possibly process it all, fixate on and lose the ability to understand my environment as a whole.
Don’t get me started on “have your cake and eat it too”
That phrase used to drive me nuts. It’s so obvious its meaning is conveyed a lot better by flipping it around!
