Shifting and Learning and Moving in Different Directions

While I would love to say that I've been away out of busy-ness and getting things done, that would be a lie. Well, not an entire lie, but a large one.
You see, I have been getting things done (yay!) but nothing that is taking up all of my time (also yay, but not in the same way).

The house is a mess and is in need of a vacuuming. Somehow we're getting ants in the kitchen (from the rec-room that's right next door? I don't understand!). And the bugs...oh the bugs. It's Spring here (I can assure you it's true, my allergies are slowly ganging up on me) and they, for some reason, think it's nicer in our apartment than outside.
At the same time, two ducks walked through our back yard area the other day, just chill ducks...walkin' through, no more than 10 feet away from us (we were outside at the time). And there's a frog on one of the neighbors' porches and I want to find the bugger, but can't manage it without snooping.
Our showers could probably do with a scrub, but I'm using an after-shower spray in them, so they don't look dirty, so I've not taken it upon myself to clean them in, well, probably too long. And my desk and surrounding area desperately needs a clear out. The Mister did his over the weekend, and man is there so much more room in here...if only I'd do my side!

But, I did say that I was getting things done. And that is true.
Just not, well, home-y things. Not even really "creative" things. Because, uh, if you've been here before, you may have noticed my attention span for things wans and wanes (or however you would say that phrase).
I've a more-than-half finished knitted sock sitting on my desk, with it's completed partner next to my desk. I like the color, I just don't want to knit. I've got paints handy, but am not interested. Same with stamps and colored pencils and markers.
But darnit, I've been in my journal with fountain pen, so there's at least some color in my life, which is important (bright pink and orange, right now!).

Beyond that?
All computer stuff.
Oh boy. The computer stuff. And I don't just mean watching YouTube or Twitch or scouring Reddit (though I am doing those things, just not all day, I promise). I mean real computer things. Like, hardcore.

And here's the kicker.
I have always enjoyed the computer stuff.
I've just always convinced myself that there was no reason to continue with any of it, or really try beyond a spur-of-the-moment "yes, let's learn that again!" which passes just as quickly as it came on. I've always convinced myself that since I'm so far behind everyone else doing that kind of thing that there's no reason for me to be doing it...that I won't ever come up with anything worthy of knowing how to do it, so why try?

Oh, the lies one easily and willingly tells themselves. 
They're easy lies to make sense of, though. I don't have any brilliant ideas that don't have some sort of sibling idea already done and dusted, available online somewhere. I don't even know what, this time around, that I would do with the magical computer knowledge.
But. I know that I want to have that knowledge, and I know that I have for years and years and there's really no point in not learning it. You know, the whole whether you do it or not the time will pass anyway thing.

And I am, at this point, proud to say that I've stuck with the studying bits for longer than I have since I had a course on it in high school. I've had many times since then of saying "yes, let's learn things!" only to spend a large chunk of time on them, to miss a day or two, and not come back to it.
This time, however, everyday, since the 1st of March, I've been putting time into learning C++ and I am oh so proud of myself for that. While I may be going slower than I have with other languages and online "courses" in the past, it's a consistent level of getting things done...versus a sprint to try and get as far as I can, only to abandon it a week or two later.
I'm past that two week threshold. And while it's not a month yet, it's getting closer and closer. And it's delicious.

I've been spending time doing an HTML and CSS refresher. I've done a mock-up project for myself that, while not done, doesn't have anything else to be done with it right now. I'm at the point now where I have to decide if I want to try JavaScript, PHP, or SQL next. And that decision needs to be done today, so I can start it, and not lose my every-day-momentum.

The house can be messy. I like my computer things.
And so, I'll continue along with those, and learn some cool things, and be happy about it. More happy than vacuuming, that's for sure.

~Havok

A quote for you- "Someone in the world has the largest spleen and doesn't know it" -average_shill

P.S. I've quasi-proof that I've not done any of this to any large extent - the textbook I'm doing C++ from is one I bought in 2012 from Powells. And I know this because the receipt for it was still in it. And the textbook I have for Java is one I got as a graduation present (cuz I'm a nerd and asked for comic books and a programming text book for graduation) and I've never gotten past chapter 6 or so in it...and that's a guesstimate. And HTML and CSS is something I've toyed with since I was 16...and have always done for a few days, gotten a cool thing, set aside...then would come back to it later to forget everything I had done.