Why I put up with Causobon's Book:
Nov. 5th, 2008 01:48 pmI was trying to explain this very thing to Miss B. yesterday, and Sharon does this so much better:
More here: http://sharonastyk.com/2008/11/05/the-competence-project/
...I keep putting it off, though, because I really hate feeling incompetent. I remember when I first was learning to knit - I knew that eventually it would become as natural as breathing, but boy did I hate every single second of the period before it did - it was so frustrating, so maddening. Why couldn’t I get good faster, dammit?!! I don’t like to be bad at things - and of course, a period of being bad at things is required in order to get good. It is easier not to try, to complain I can’t do it.,.
More here: http://sharonastyk.com/2008/11/05/the-competence-project/