From Frustration to Growth

So Sat-Nav sounds like Del Boy trying to speak French. 

I've attempted multiple DIY challenges which would have most certainly been outsourced in the uk. 

and daily human contact has gone from approx 50 people to around 5. 

I am a firm believer in discovering your strengths and then going all in on them. 

This doesn't mean I get to avoid learning new skills though. 

I have to learn my way around
I have to learn to communicate in Danish
I have to do a load of DIY

I would regard none of these as strengths. 

All of these have potential to lead to frustration and dis-illusionment. 

They already have to some degree. 

A good way of looking at this is that there is no such thing as negative emotion. 

They are just indicators. 

Part of my frustration is the curse of knowledge. 

We develop competence in a number of things enough to get by, we might even become expert in something. 

Especially as adults. 

We then take this expert label and expect to be able to apply it to everything. 

Our dis-illusionment is a product of our discovery that we aren't good at something and need to learn. 

Frustration is an alarm saying to look for what you don't know and expect to be a beginner. 

To be dis-illusioned is not the bad thing we paint it to be. It's merely a return to reality. 

The best thing we can do is discover how we best learn and define what the experience feels like for us. 

Frustration leads to growth when we face it. 

Ed Ley