I began this journey almost a year ago. Mind you in the beginning I joined WA for a month then became overwhelmed and quite. For several months I dabbled in this and that to do with IM. A very slow process I must say. When the ten-day promotion started at WA I decided to take another look.
I am so glad that I did! I absolutely love the new format because it is so easy to move around and access everything. All the while I feel very connected with the live chat and help is just a click away. It seems like a much friendlier and easy to navigate site.
I take something from here, say the forum or maybe there is a conversation going on. Just watching the chat I find an answer or a subject finally becomes clear and things begin to click. For me, it may take several exposures to a topic to actually "get it. " Those are the ah ha moments and a time to celebrate! When everything finally comes together it makes all the frustration and searching for answers worth it.
I do still need to remind myself from time to time when I am at the height of frustration and plain stuck that it doesn't matter how long it takes me, I will eventually understand my subject and any time I spend learning is not wasted.
Before I could learn anything I needed to settle down and stop trying to force things to happen. This is not overnight success! It is a process, besides none of the fly by night opportunities out there which promised me instant success ever worked. So far I have learned just enough to know that I have barely scratched the surface and even after I have been around for a few twenty-four hours things may quickly change. I must say that I am finding the entire process rather intriguing! The joy is in the journey so enjoy!