What you are about to read is the first document that I have prepared using a dictation system. I spent a number of hours working with this program, trying to learn its tricks. It has been very frustrating. One of the things that I’ve discovered is that improper usage of the automatic commands can cause an entire document to disappear.
So, one of the things I’m going to do is dictate the entire document, save it, and then manually make any corrections. That way I do not risk its entire destruction. I have had to go to some sort of automatic dictation system because I’m not a fast typist. The frustration that occurs when I’m trying to think and type and make corrections results in a “mind freeze”.
I believe that I am a creative person. I can go on for hours thinking about the possibilities yet when I try to put those things down on paper I am frozen. My fingers grow tired, the errors grow more frequent, and I give up in disgust.
I guess when you try to deliberately set upon a program that is when you run into your limitations. Perhaps it is a touch of ADD, maybe I have a master’s degree in disorganization; whatever the cause I have a hard time dealing with the small details of life. I hate cleaning my office – I know where everything is!!
Okay I lied. I haven’t a clue!! So the first thing I’m going to do Monday morning is clean my office!
I said when I began this blog that it was a journey. From the outside looking in it may not seem I have come that far. But you would be wrong. It was a little over a year ago that I had come to the conclusion that life could not continue on as it was - that a change was necessary. But change is slow and change is painful. It is hard work.
That is it for today, perhaps we will talk tomorrow.
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