Awesome for doing the editor job very well! Shame I can't install you as editor in our local paper - lord knows it needs a good editor!
I've done a lot of working on how I think and what I need to know in order to master complex skills, and I've broken through a number of walls.
That's a great idea, sincerely. We get put off complex-sounding things because they sound ... complex, but really, all complex things are just built up bit by bit. We didn't learn how to dress ourselves instantly (nor were we born knowing it): we learned pulling on shirts and pants with elastic, then later upgrated to velcro or zippers or something, then later learned buttons, still later learned how to tie our shoes, still later learned how to fix our hair, and so on. So why should any other complex skill be any different? Just gotta break it down to its component bits, learn those, take it one bit at a time.
Thank you for this. That's really helped me.
The database is also a brilliant idea. I had to look up Filemaker; I don't have the funds for that, but I'll bet I could figure out something to do that job. I'm always after ways to use technology to make my life easier, and also after ways to get things out of my head so they don't swirl around irritating me endlessly, or worse, making me feel overwhelmed. That way lies bouts of depression. Yes, thank you for this idea, too, this is brilliant.
Re: Good things!
Date: 2012-11-27 03:02 pm (UTC)I've done a lot of working on how I think and what I need to know in order to master complex skills, and I've broken through a number of walls.
That's a great idea, sincerely. We get put off complex-sounding things because they sound ... complex, but really, all complex things are just built up bit by bit. We didn't learn how to dress ourselves instantly (nor were we born knowing it): we learned pulling on shirts and pants with elastic, then later upgrated to velcro or zippers or something, then later learned buttons, still later learned how to tie our shoes, still later learned how to fix our hair, and so on. So why should any other complex skill be any different? Just gotta break it down to its component bits, learn those, take it one bit at a time.
Thank you for this. That's really helped me.
The database is also a brilliant idea. I had to look up Filemaker; I don't have the funds for that, but I'll bet I could figure out something to do that job. I'm always after ways to use technology to make my life easier, and also after ways to get things out of my head so they don't swirl around irritating me endlessly, or worse, making me feel overwhelmed. That way lies bouts of depression. Yes, thank you for this idea, too, this is brilliant.