For me, it's the other way round - I need to grok a complex thing in its complexity before I can tackle inidividual bits. And first I needed to work out how I learn, and then I needed to find the courage *to* recast everything I didn't grok in ways that I do.
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.
Filemaker has a free trial. If you're interested I can tidy the database up a bit and send it to you, so you can have a poke around. Eventually, I'll be upgrading to Filemaker Advanced, which would allow me to create standalone versions; in that case, I'd be happy to send you (or anyone else reading here) a copy of this. (Brainweasels bad. Tools to combat brainweasels good.)
I rarely have a depressive/anxious state where I can't do anything; but I often have one where there are so many things I should do (but I can't remember a lot of them) that I end up not doing anything productive. Having a choice of a very small number of productive steps (I could process a folder of photographs or review this concept or read that article) makes me more likely to do *something* - and I've long ago moved into the territory of not being overly worried about procrastinating with something productive: if stuff gets done, that counts as a good day, even if it's not really the stuff I meant to do.
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For me, it's the other way round - I need to grok a complex thing in its complexity before I can tackle inidividual bits. And first I needed to work out how I learn, and then I needed to find the courage *to* recast everything I didn't grok in ways that I do.
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.
Filemaker has a free trial. If you're interested I can tidy the database up a bit and send it to you, so you can have a poke around. Eventually, I'll be upgrading to Filemaker Advanced, which would allow me to create standalone versions; in that case, I'd be happy to send you (or anyone else reading here) a copy of this. (Brainweasels bad. Tools to combat brainweasels good.)
I rarely have a depressive/anxious state where I can't do anything; but I often have one where there are so many things I should do (but I can't remember a lot of them) that I end up not doing anything productive. Having a choice of a very small number of productive steps (I could process a folder of photographs or review this concept or read that article) makes me more likely to do *something* - and I've long ago moved into the territory of not being overly worried about procrastinating with something productive: if stuff gets done, that counts as a good day, even if it's not really the stuff I meant to do.