It is week 38 of The Happiness Project. This month our theme is: Pursue a Passion. Corresponding reading pgs: 221-234
So far we have asked, What is your Passion, Making Time, Forget about Results and this week we add: Master a New Technology. Corresponding Reading Pages: 231-233.
For Gretchen, her passion is reading and anything to do with reading. So, with this Resolution she decided to learn how to do self publishing. She discovered a website that allowed her to create a book and would even print it out, including a hard cover.
She also learned how to navigate Shutterfly to deal with her photos and make a hard cover book with those.
Gretchen pointed out that when she decided to self publish a book, she was determined to conquer the task when it became frustrating and resist her desire and not rush through it. With the book publishing site, it ended up being easier than she thought it would. Shutterfly was a bit more challenging.
That is often the case when we are trying to learn a new technology. We may not want to go through the directions step by step. But, in order to master it, that is what we must do.
This Week's Resolution: Master a New Technology
This Week's Thought: The novelty and challenge of mastering the technology- though it can be maddening and frustrating at times- gives enormous satisfaction, and provides new ways to pursue a passion.
Please share your thoughts, journey here this week.
So far we have asked, What is your Passion, Making Time, Forget about Results and this week we add: Master a New Technology. Corresponding Reading Pages: 231-233.
For Gretchen, her passion is reading and anything to do with reading. So, with this Resolution she decided to learn how to do self publishing. She discovered a website that allowed her to create a book and would even print it out, including a hard cover.
She also learned how to navigate Shutterfly to deal with her photos and make a hard cover book with those.
Gretchen pointed out that when she decided to self publish a book, she was determined to conquer the task when it became frustrating and resist her desire and not rush through it. With the book publishing site, it ended up being easier than she thought it would. Shutterfly was a bit more challenging.
That is often the case when we are trying to learn a new technology. We may not want to go through the directions step by step. But, in order to master it, that is what we must do.
This Week's Resolution: Master a New Technology
This Week's Thought: The novelty and challenge of mastering the technology- though it can be maddening and frustrating at times- gives enormous satisfaction, and provides new ways to pursue a passion.
Please share your thoughts, journey here this week.