July 4th Spark
My July 4th weekend brought some well-deserved time with friends and family, and also turning my car into a faux hearse, which gave re-ignited a put aside passion.
Tag: inventor
Getting my mojo back
Have you ever had a scare in pursuing a passion? I had one last year with inventing where I got flash burned. I didn’t go blind, but I took that as a sign to pursue my writing more. Now I am starting back slowly with experimenting, but it’s definitely taken a back seat to everything else.
12. Build on your strengths
I know nothing about cars. I am not as bad as the chick who splashes oil onto the engine to “put oil in the car,” but I can’t tell you how to fix a car. …
11. Slow times
Sometimes things are just sloooow. This is where patience comes in. This is why I have side projects going on with my main experiments. I haven’t found anything to be full steam all the time. …
8a. Not everything goes according to plan
So…that experiment I posted about a few posts back, hoping it would be the one that works. Here are the series of steps that have happened so far for this version of my project: Step …
8. Studying & Learning
What do you think is important for a testing environment? An answer sheet? The test questions (of course)? Something to write with? A quiet room? How about having studied ahead of time? There really is …
6a. Anticipation
As I was originally typing this there is was storm outside. I’ve always like rain storms—they can be peaceful and calming. It doesn’t bother our pets either, except one of our cats. He huddles in …
6. Doing the MacGyver thing
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas Edison Remember how I said I want to start out on the right foot? Let me amend that …
5. Googling for information
I love to Google the heck out of a subject and learn as much as I possibly can. I love the internet for that reason: I can get details on a subject down to the …
3. Things get better with time and experience.
I have been teaching for over 9 years now. In the beginning, I was a little overwhelmed and spent every waking hour getting lectures ready, writing exams, and coming up with extra material on topics …