Why I Don’t Quit When Things Get Confusing
One thing I’ve noticed since I started learning how to work online is that confusion shows up right when you think you’re starting to understand something.
Just when you feel like you finally figured out one step, something new pops up that makes you feel like you don’t know anything again.
That used to be the point where I quit.
Not because I wasn’t capable, but because I thought confusion meant I was doing something wrong.
I would think,
This is too complicated.
This isn’t for me.
Other people must understand this faster than I do.
So I would stop.
Then later, I would find myself right back where I started, searching for something again, wondering why I never stuck with anything long enough to see where it could go.
It took me a long time to realize something.
Confusion doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It usually means you’re learning.
Every time I’ve tried something new online, there has been a point where it stopped feeling exciting and started feeling messy. Too many buttons. Too many settings. Too many steps. Too many things I didn’t understand yet.
That’s the moment when your brain wants to shut down.
That’s also the moment when most people quit.
Now when that feeling hits, I recognize it faster.
Instead of thinking,
This is too confusing, I should stop…
I think,
This must be the part where I’m about to learn something new.
It doesn’t mean I like the feeling.
There are still days when I stare at the screen and think,
What in the world am I doing?
But I’ve learned that every time I push through that stage, things start to make sense again.
Not all at once.
Just a little at a time.
And every time that happens, the next confusing thing doesn’t feel quite as scary as the last one.
That’s why I don’t quit when things get confusing anymore.
Because every time I didn’t quit, I ended up further ahead than I was before.
And at this point in my life, I know something for sure.
Starting over again is a lot harder than pushing through the part that feels confusing.
