Learning new skills

Just found this in drafts...oops.

Essay writing in school was actually fun for me. Spreading out recipe cards with scribbled notes and rearranging them was a system I appreciated and used regularly. I liked the categorizing and bringing all the related ideas into one line, and then putting those ideas into an organized paragraph or two.

For this book writing it was suggested I use a computer program called Trello. Even thinking about learning how to use a program makes me nervous. And I immediately hear my self sigh “oh please no.” My past work roles have required I learn new programs. I have struggled with them all because learning how to use them, just delayed me using them for the intended purpose. The learning just bogged me down.

And yet, here I am using Trello program to write my book. I find it so useful. How did I get to that point? How did I get over the fear and start to use the program? I explained to my sister-in-law all about my fears of using the program. “What’s it for?” she asked innocently. So I showed her.

“I am suppose to be able to put a title here.” I start to point out using the computer. “Oh, gees. It worked. And then under the title I am suppose to be able to write points on some kind of virtual card. Well, look at that. A virtual card to add a note. Then I can move the cards around and reorganize my ideas. This is great!”

My hesitancy to begin, once again slowed my progress. My time worrying about how the program might serve me, was all for naught. We do sometimes expend our energies on worrying and fretting. Our minds can be very exhausting.

Anyway, I continue to make progress. And I continue to follow the advise- when in doubt, write! Or take action as you show someone else what you are ‘suppose to be doing’. It just might work for you, too!