Reflection 2.0

Wiktionary describes savior as:

I don’t know if I can actually say I was in physical harm’s way, but the threat of tearing out my own hair was imminent, as was the danger of throwing my laptop out the window. I’ll post more on my journey with hosting WordPress on GoDaddy and my habit of taking the long way on any journey, but I have to - and I mean HAVE TO - recognize the people who dropped what they were doing (multiple times) and took the time to help a complete stranger - they proved to me that I’m really NOT in this alone - no project or task is mine to bear alone if I don’t choose to do so. I knew what I wanted to do, found what I needed to know, but just needed that little push to actually implement my plan - I tweeted what my next step in my project was going to be (perhaps laced with frustration?) and these people came to ME offering help. They led me through vital processes that I didn’t even know existed, and dealt gracefully with me being in WAY over my head

I can’t count the number of times I’ve thanked them, and they just brush it off with a “no problem, I’m glad I could help”. It’s interesting that what’s seen as minor to the helper is so immense to the helped, isn’t it? I mean, these people had already done all of the work at some point to gain this skill set, so they just saw it as sharing something that’s incredibly basic. However, for me they were opening up an entire world that I’m finding fascinating (and addictive)…………and most importantly right now, helped get me over a crucial hurdle in my project. Yes, I could have done it on my own (and would have) but it sure was nice to have the one-on-one assistance - the help shaved HOURS off what could have been extremely time-intensive research.

So, Rick Scheibner and Chad Hutchins, you’re my new best friends……………..whether you want to be or not :-) I owe you big time and will repay you somehow, some way - if you were in WI, I’d buy you a beverage of choice (x10) - for now, I’m waiting for instructions……………

I have a LOT more to learn, but I’m hoping that someday I’ll be able to pass this on to someone else in need - you might want to wait a bit before asking, though, bit of a learning curve!

I’ll post much more on my journey into (and confusion with) hosting, WordPress, HTML, CSS, and the other acronyms muddling my brain right now, but for now, Robert Talbert said it perfectly when I questioned WHY I always do things the hard way:

You know what? My character DOES feel good and I’m proud of my newfound skills -and did I mention how grateful I am for Rick and Chad’s help?

Thanks also to Jeff O’Hara and @techchick94 for the extremely valuable theme and plugin advice, you saved me from staying up all night searching………..and searching………..

If you have any great resources for HTML and/or CSS (for beginners), and places to find QUALITY (free) WordPress themes, I’m collecting them to share later - just throw links, book titles, etc in a comment. Thanks!