I have a friend who instead of asking me how I am, asks me what I know. It’s funny. With a question like that you can’t really get away with saying “fine” or “ok” or firing right back with “great and how are you?” So, what do you know. It’s a tricky question, really puts you on the spot, forces you to actually think.
Under that kind of pressure and certainly not wanting to be caught “knowing” nothing, I would usually try to come up with something witty or funny or at the very least strange–like, “well…I know I’ve got all my teeth today and my shoes seem to be on the right feet, for now, at least.”
And now here I am, some time has passed since I’ve been asked what I know and I still seem to be thinking about it–must be the mark of a great question!
For the past few weeks I’ve been so focused on what I don’t know (in terms of shopping for insurance and hiring an assistant and switching from using just one computer to a whole network) that I seem to have lost sight of any and all certainty in my life.
So for my own sanity and perhaps your amusement…here is what I know:
1. No matter how exciting learning can be, it’s rarely easy or painless.
2. When things get tough it’s very hard to have confidence that they won’t always be tough, even though all prior experience and rationale tells you it’ll be ok.
3. There is some real truth to Murphy’s Law. Just when you seem to be at capacity for stress in your life…bugs invade your pantry…and your car mysteriously and suddenly won’t start–i mean…just for instance.
4. It does all work out. Not always for the best and not always as quickly as one might hope, but eventually time marches on and new challenges and successes gradually force out the old ones.
5. No matter how tricky or overwhelming it is to learn something new, there is always a way to make it a little more fun and a little more interesting.
Here’s the product of my first official Photoshop lesson!
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