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I am prone to buying a book about the subject. Problem is I already have too many books and honestly I don’t read them all. I didn’t read much technical literat
by sedeki 7y ago
I am prone to buying a book about the subject. Problem is I already have too many books and honestly I don’t read them all. I didn’t read much technical literature before Uni, and didn’t know where to find information about technical subjects growing up (even as I was of the geeky type).
My main problem is what to focus on. Not how to learn it. I guess reading a blog post instead of paying Amazon would be good for me. :)
- kilpikaarna 7y agoI find that amassing books or tools easily becomes a surrogate for actually putting in the effort to learn about a subject or do a project. When something piques my interest, it's pretty easy to just go online and order some stuff and get the satisfaction of having done something without having to put in much effort. Then once the thing arrives my attention has been directed somewhere else and I'm much less motivated to actually read or do anything with the thing, and it just goes on the pile. At least for doing practical projects, I've found that poverty is much more conducive to getting things done. Having to make do with what's avilable, free or cheap, and not getting distracted by shopping for the perfect solution. Likewise, I find that some of the most creative people on YouTube tend to be either pretty young or extremely frugal.
- sedeki 7y agoMy experiences exactly. I realized this a few years ago. So, do the books follow a particular theme, or are they on very disparate topics like for me?