I don't know much...

except that learning is a process. And a slow one, at times. I think I have forgotten most of what I learned. Maybe that's not right. It's not that I have forgotten, just that things have changed so much since I finished college in 2002. That's it. The changes. My wonderful little degree did not come with a warning or a disclaimer. Something that said: "Hey! Be aware that all this technology that you studied will not be the same from one year to the next. From one month to the next. It will change faster than you can keep up with it--unless that's *all* you do is keep up with it." Forwarned is money in the bank. Or not. I probably would still have taken the same degree because part of what I loved about the whole world of computers and graphics was that very idea of change. That nothing stayed the same. I'm a restless person. I need change and movement. But yesterday showed me how far behind I have gotten over the years of raising children and having a life other than that of a true geek.

I used to think I was a real geek. The geekiest of them all in geek world. HA! I think I'm just a geek wannabe at heart. Or just maybe the biggest geek in my family. I did not keep up. I did other things that, retrospectively, were more important than keeping up with the world of computer tech. And I don't regret it. What I regret is that things changed so fast. Too fast for me to keep up and still do everything else that needed doing. Choices are made. I don't regret the choices. But have you ever gotten whiplash of the brain? Well, I did that yesterday. I'm trying to think things through, learn what I need to know to do what I need to do. All the new words and new concepts and new new new. That's okay. I can do it. Indeed I can. It will just take some time. A bit more than I had thought. But it is doable and I can learn what I need to know. And I have to thank my friend, Steve for all the pointers in the right direction. Yes, the reading and comparing and picking through all that information was tough, but it did not make me lose heart. It was encouraging to know how much, in all this, I actually remembered after all. So, while things change there will be room to grow. It's when things don't change we stagnate. Have a great day!