keep learning

I have a touch of the imposter syndrome.

It's not that I can't recognize being good at things, but when I'm asked to present myself as a source of authority, I find that my gut says "No I'm not."

I find that I'm much more comfortable sharing things that I'm learning about. Probably because it's safer to be wrong. Lower expectations and all. For example, this is my first real attempt at trying to use git to manage a project over time - the only repo I'd ever published before was a single commit, after it was fully done (it was also just a single Arduino sketch so not much to deal with). And I expect that the learning process will generate at least a few posts on this site.

But part of the reason I'd rather talk about new things is because I'm a lot more interested in the things I'm learning than the things I've already learned. I would rather blog about learning git than about adding a VLAN to a switch config, even though I've done the latter many times and have literal certifications to prove I know how. I'd rather talk about learning to tinker with guitar pedal circuits than about doing a lighting design for a theater show, even though I've designed dozens of shows but I've only done one pedal circuit by following published instructions.

Those skills that I spent years developing are no less important to me, and they form the basis that allows me to keep learning new things. Constant learning is probably my biggest goal as I get more accustomed to middle age.

So here I go again, by the time this is up I'll have figured out some new things!