My first blog

This is my first attempt to post something to my blog. Thinking about the 7 1/2 habits of lifelong learning, I guess my easiest habit is beginning with the end in mind. Often, that is the only thing that gives me the "will to carry on" - thinking ahead to how great it's going to be when I'm finally finished with something. The hardest habit for me is to have confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner - mostly because there is never enough time for habit 7 1/2 (playing) - and, either constant interruptions while I'm trying to learn something or a technical problem that stops me in my tracks and has to wait until another day to solve. I found the Charlotte/Mecklenburg tutorial helpful (except for the voice of the narrator, which was quite irritating after a while, so I turned the volume down and just read it instead). Well, I must return to my desk duties, so off I go.