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Author: Liana Metal
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be at the start of a new era? It's a thrilling feeling of achievement, and a great confidence –booster as well.
As a mom of two, I've had to share my life between my family and my job in a school. I've spent long days and nights caring for the others,
Since then I've been a computer addict -(mind you, I didn't even know how to turn it on at first!)- and I finally got started in my new online career: Book Reviewing!
It had never occurred to me that I could get all that information from the web; after all, my son and daughter used it only for playing games for hours on end. But it proved to be a very useful tool to me, and to my kids in the long run.
At first , everyone in the family teased me watching me try to learn all the nuts and bolts of this device.
'It's for the kids,' my husband would say. 'You will only get frustrated and tired. It's not for you, at your age!'
However, I was not discouraged!
'What's wrong with my age? Being in my forties is not a problem . I can still learn a
lot !' I would reply.
And I was right. After a couple of months of perseverance , I started feeling confident enough to handle it , and now, my kids started asking me to explain to them a couple of tech things! Imagine that!
I still can't believe it I've learned so many things all on my own. Of course , I was always trying to find some spare time –and that was the hardest part of it – but in the end I followed a specific timetable that proved to be a very good idea. I had also to buy a book about the Internet , a mini guide ( Next Page )
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