I’ve had a few careers in my life and have studied a variety of areas. The one truism that keeps coming up is ‘start where you are.’ Makes sense since that’s really the only place you can start. Hopefully, the reminder can help you be more patient with yourself.

In life that means I may not always act the way I’d wish, but I am making progress. And, I’ve come a long way from how I acted when I was young. I just need to keep moving forward.

It also means I have a lot of starting points. And, they keep changing as I grow and learn.

With computers, that means you don’t have to be an expert next week. Just look at what you know now and build on that. Learn a little at a time in selected areas. Along with this, remember that when someone is helping you with the computer, it’s not about what they can do, it’s about what you can and need to do. When I was doing training and consulting one of the things my clients liked most was I showed them what they needed to know, not everything I knew.

I have a feeling I’ll be posting a lot more thoughts on this one.

Where are you now? Where do you want to go? What’s your next step?