More about the feelings of learning

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 Our engagement is related to our expectations. Programming demands a certain amount of fun and reward and if we're not finding the experience fun or rewarding then we're unlikely to want to continue being engaged with learning that topic. Our minds begin wanting something else to engage us and we crave anything other than to continue with this learning process. After all, shouldn't we be enjoying this? If there's no engagement and enjoyment then the learning becomes drudgery. We become distracted more easily while trying to learn and our minds drift away rather than focus on our learning experience.
 
-And then there's the problem of learning things that are evolutionary dead ends. The world of computing is littered with the remains of technologies and methodologies that are either no longer relevant or are considered "out-of-fashion". What once was cutting edge is now considered moribund, and the community around that technology / methodology scoot on to new technology / methodologies and leave their previous work as a technological ghost town. When we mention that we're learning these things we get curious looks from developers when we mention what we're learning. "Why would you learn that? We've moved on to this other thing". It's as if we've just heard about a party and arrive just in time to see the clean-up crew picking up litter and breaking down the tables and chairs. We find our support withering from neglect and our motivation to learn dwindles.
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+And then there's the problem of learning things that are evolutionary dead ends. The world of computing is littered with the remains of technologies and methodologies that are either no longer relevant or are considered "out-of-fashion". What once was cutting edge is now considered moribund, and the community around that technology / methodology scoot on to new technology / methodologies and leave their previous work as a technological ghost town. When we mention that we're learning these things we get curious looks from developers when we mention what we're learning. "Why would you learn that? We've moved on to this other thing". It's as if we've heard about a party and arrive in time to see the clean-up crew picking up the litter and breaking down the tables and chairs. We feel like we missed out on the good parts and wonder if it's even worth trying to keep up and find the next thing.
 
 All of these can pose their own problems for learning but it's up to us to take a more critical look at why we started this whole process of learning. What did we bring into this?
 
-In each of these cases we brought our expectations of how the learning would progress. We brought the expectation that it would always be fun, engaging, and relevant. Sometimes our expectations about learning do pan out, but when they don't we get discouraged and disappointed.
+In each of these cases we brought our expectations of how the learning would progress. We brought the expectation that it would always be fun, engaging, and relevant. Sometimes our learning expectations do pan out, but when they don't we get discouraged and disappointed.
 
-Rather than being upset with how the learning didn't meet our expectations we can take a more mindful approach. We can see ourselves in the moment of learning and see if we're trying to bring more than our focused attention into the container. We can realize that learning is not always going to be fun or engaging and that we can concentrate on the learning. 
+Rather than being upset at how our expectations of learning this technology / methodology weren't met we can take a more mindful approach. We can see ourselves in the moment of learning and see if we're trying to bring more than our focused attention into the container. We can realize that learning is about changing ourselves and change is not always fun, engaging or pleasant. We can put aside our expectations and concentrate on the learning. 
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 That doesn't mean we shouldn't acknowledge our feelings. We can certainly feel the feelings of boredom, anxiety, disillusionment, and so on. But we can also be mindful of where those feelings come from. Are we truly bored or is this our mind trying to tell us to stop so we can do something more fun? Is this really a dead-end in our learning or are we just feeling stuck right now? Notice the feeling when it comes up and be curious about the feeling. Note when you get the feeling and where it is in your body. Then continue the work, continuing to notice all of the feelings you're having. When you're done you can reflect more on those feelings and make an honest determination of whether those feelings were the result of what you were learning or were because you're having doubts.