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Asking for Help

Happy New Year.

I was a bit at a loss over what to blog about this weekend. I really didn’t want to go down either the top ten or the resolution road, but really that’s an excuse.

I’ve been wholly obsessed with a complete overhaul of my photography website and had (for me) a thorny coding issue. I’m not done with the redo yet, hopefully mid week, but I think I’ve learned when to ask for help.

New Year’s Eve day I decided to fix a wobbly plug in the bathroom, and I guess I turned the screw too tight but what I know for sure is that I plunged the loo into darkness. And after a quick check of the fuse box I immediately called the electrician as opposed to continue tinkering with it myself.

So, why is it that I sat here for days, trying to sort out by myself why a piece of the new site wasn’t working…. eventually I did ping a friend for help (THANK YOU, OTTO!!) I got the clues I needed to make it work. Okay, by clues I mean spoon-fed bits of code I should have been able to easily modify.

I’m wondering within my job search if I am more like I am with the electrician or more like I am with coding. It’s probably somewhere in between.

Well, I gotta go follow up with the electrician – I’m tired of mood lighting in the bathroom. (Although, i must say it was a stroke of brilliance when I hung my water resistant led headlamp from the shower rod.)