On the Brink this Morning

Last week I was on the brink of choosing another service for sending out this RoseBouquet ezine. (I won't repeat the whole saga.) I just need to explain that though I checked out several last week it was only yesterday after some videos about how great systeme.io is that I decided to really TRY to set up there.

(Sigh!) New ventures and decisions often take longer than we first think. They have special steps to take so I can use my own email for sending out my newsletter. That took quite some time.

Then I tried to figure out how to enter my current subscriber list so that we would be all set to go this morning. Well it seemed I had to upload the list as a .csv file - but their system didn't want to recognize my file.

Only this morning did I find how I could enter each email as an individual entry. I've just finished doing that, and am now trying to get this issue quickly written so I can post it in the plain editor and see if it goes out.

If if doesn't - I'll just send it again exactly as I did last week and the week before.

You may have had your own adventures in learning a new - "techy thing" and finding it takes some trials and errors before you have it all figured out. So hopefully you can be patient with me as I go through these early 'learning' steps.

My brother Ernie called this morning. He's been a confirmed Mac guy for years, but he was asking about learning to set up and use a linux system.

I assured him that it is quite possible but the first few times you can expect some learning sessions and there is a danger of giving up too soon.

He asked if it is possible to keep his Mac system and add a linux system. I assured him it is; if the hard drive is big enough. I told him to check out whether it was fussy though. Windows is. It will not allow itself to be installed second - after another system. (Like a white ermine which will NOT move into a nest/hole that some other animal has used before!) But if you install Windows first, and the hard drive has enough space, you can easily install a linux system there as well.

Thinking about that reminded me, that I need to treat this learning curve with systeme.io as if it can be conquered! I just need to persist through this "learning curve."

Moral of the story: Give yourself enough time to learn a new skill or chunk of information. Later you will sound quite confident when someone calls to ask your advice.

Note: Oh-oh! Turns out my sending email is not seen as validated yet. So this is going out the same as last week.

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