There comes a time where we have the opportunity to learn a new skill, much like the time we rode our bikes with training wheels until we learned the art of balancing.
I’ve been transitioning over from a PC to a Mac – and have finally made the switch. I started my Sunday frustrated, as I couldn’t find my files, until I simply remembered how lucky I was to be able to learn something new.
For years I’ve been so intimidated by Mac’s. All because they don’t have the darn right click. My how we become creatures of habit!
Working on the new computer is making me actually stop and pause, and think about what I am doing. I’ve been able to largely move through my workday with lightening speed over the past many years, without even thinking about what I am doing. Now I get to relearn shortcuts, tricks, and the how-to’s of the Mac world.
I feel that once again I am wearing my training wheels. Treading lightly, feeling secure with the wheels, and just about ready to balance out on my own. I have to google questions about Mac every few hours when I run into something I don’t know how to do – but it’s all a part of the process.
I knew on Sunday, my first official day of the switch, that I had a choice. I could go through the learning process with patience for myself, or I could get frustrated at every little difference swearing by how much better PC’s are. I chose patience.
Every once in awhile a change of pace, a new skill, or challenge of some kind is in order to keep us on our toes. It’s a chance for us to not get stuck in long held ways of doing things – creating later chaos when change becomes inevitable.
So now, I’m just going for a ride on my Mac. Day by day I’ll learn new things, and I’ll keep riding on the wheels until they no longer need to touch the ground.
unable to break.
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