Other Blogs: There Be Change On The Wind!

As I said in my last post, I learned some new stuff about Blogger, including that I can have up to 4 blogs ... I might be off on that number but multiple anyway. So I began a film review blog today oddly enough called Susan's Film Reviews (can't imagine why I'd call it that!). I played around with the look and feel of it for a while and came up with what I think is a petty good thing. I also think that I'm going to fudge about with one or two others on specific topics such as one for recipes and cooking, and one for crochet, knitting and other needle arts.
Susan's Bunch O' Stuff will still be around, though, in one form or another. I thought it was fair to give everyone a heads up though.
Happy Thanksgiving!

I Have a Certificate (Mild Language Alert)

Today I took a course from Alison, a free online internet education site. I took their Google Blogger course; and yes I know that all the information I could want on it is right here. The point of it, though, was to take a birdie course, if you will; one I could fly right through.
And I did. 100% and certified!
I'm really proud...kind of. And this is where I always manage to mess myself up.
That dark part of my brain that is hyper critical of me is now saying it was a cop-out, that I simply gave myself something I couldn't fail at and that it's not, therefor, valid. This is what my depressive, bi-polar mind does to me whenever I do something good, no matter how small.
So I'm going to take each one of these points in turn.

It Was a Cop-out

No, it wasn't. It was anything but. I set myself a goal with a clear plan that was a success. Nothing can ever take that away from me, not even myself!

I Couldn't Fail

Oh, yes indeed, I could have. There are any number of ways in which I could have.

1. I could have suddenly changed my mind (as in really copped-out) and resigned.
2. I could have insisted on doing it when I was overtired or distracted or in a fibro fog.
3. I could have failed to pay attention and missed the several nuances that I didn't know before.

These are only three ways in which I could have failed. None of them happened, but they could have.

It's Not Valid

Fuck that! It's totally valid. I did it, didn't I? I followed a desire I had to complete something educational; that is valid. It is accredited to me on an international university site; that is valid!

I think that I will continue to take courses I'm interested in on a random basis...whatever strikes my fancy. But I'm going to take them one at a time and complete them each. Weather I fail, or pass, or have to take them five or ten or forty-eight times to pass, isn't relevant. At least not right now. What is relevant is to keep going until it's done. Now the question is what do I take next?

I'll let you know.