Monday, June 4, 2012

Patience vs Persistence

I'm not patient.  It's a fact and I admit it freely.  But, what I lack in patience I make up in persistence, which is just a polite way of saying, - - -  I'm stubborn.  Here's an example:


I really don't have much understanding of how to design a web page, and I know I'm cheating by using the template from Google Sites, but I want to have one.  So, I start out filling in the blanks, and it isn't long until I  run into a problem.


Now a patient person would stop, research the problem, read how-to materials, and slowly build the web page, step by step.  Not me.  No, I have to click, undo, type, backup, rewrite, lose the page, squint my eyes, make my fingers and back ache, and curse the computer until I make some visible progress or until my husband drags me out of the desk chair and restrains me in my recliner.


Stubbornness is one of my best  character features.  I have managed to do most of what I have accomplished just because I was not going to let some expletive (thing) get the better of me.  I'm going to do it, or go down fighting.  I thought aging would mellow me, but that doesn't seem to be the case.  Well. maybe a little.  I haven't had to be retrained in my recliner for some time now.


Nonetheless, I am happy to report, I have made good progress on my webpage, and my stubbornness will continue to help me develop my site more. 


RR

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