I don’t even know how to put a rope on a flagpole or attach a flag to it. I can’t even find a decent video for instructions…
I’m so stupid. I can do simple things like mow the lawn but i don’t know anything mechanical about the mower. I know how to ride a bike but know nothing about changing the tires or chain. I know absolutely nothing about cars. Etc.
It’s just so demotivating when i keep running into things i don’t know, when i barely have enough energy to clean the house sometimes. My ambition is very low anymore
Well, we all have to start somewhere, and mistakes are pretty much inevitable in any progress - as long as one at least attempts things. My list of silly failures is laughable - mostly because I often failed to appreciate my lack of knowledge at the time.
Like reversing a (more vintage) car after passing my driving test and not realising how quick it was in reverse, such that I hit the kerb (pavement) with the exhaust before hitting the brake and hence breaking the exhaust manifold on the engine connected to the exhaust. This not being in plentiful supply - being vintage.
On another occasion, I was offered a quick test ride on a friend's new Ariel Arrow motorcycle, not having a bike of my own or having passed a motorcycle driving test. I put the rather fast bike on its side in the underground carpark before hitting a wall, but a slippery surface might be blamed. I should have declined the offer.
Probably plenty more things that I have regretted, but I probably did learn from these - as to declining those offers as to which I was not competent to complete - or as to trying to learn whatever so as not to make a fool of myself.
Fortunately I did have two older brothers, and who probably initiated me into all things cycling, such that I could build a bicycle from scratch given the components - eventually. And for me this seemed to be my direction - wanting to know how technology worked, and as to who these wizards were who designed and built all the marvelous inventions that became the playthings for so many of us. I became a mechanical engineer.
Hence I did quite enjoy various magazines that delved into such things, especially the electronic ones that had circuit diagrams for one to make various not-so-useful tools - and most did work as advertised if built correctly.
So for me it is basically as to at least trying to be methodical - if a lengthy process is involved - so as not to ignore or miss any steps, and to make sure one understands each part of any procedure. And which basically just builds upon all the past successes and/or failures.
If we don't try we won't even fail, but we might succeed if we do try.
