I heard the term information paralysis the other day and realized that it describes me perfectly . I get so overwhelmed with new information on something I might want to actually learn that I just stop trying to learn it. I’m pushing 50 I have no savings, live paycheck to paycheck and I see these young adults 30 years younger just making bank investing and AI day trading and would love to try it, I just can’t start because I get overwhelmed on stuff I know nothing about.

My memory is shit I have to read stuff over and over ago before it clicks which builds the frustration

I loved computers as a kid in the late 80s unfortunately everyone in my life, parents teachers said nobody will ever make a living so I just lost touch with that part of me. I’m still a gamer but as far as operating computers well, webpages etc. or how any of it operates I don’t have a clue. I didn’t see a webpage until the day before I graduated highschool

  • ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Pick something. Spend 20 minutes a day on that thing. If you don’t know where to begin spend the 20 minutes researching how to begin.

    You only have to commit 20 mins then you can go back to mindless scrolling. If you are having fun you can go over 20 minutes.

    If you can’t choose something, choose 5 things and spend your 20 minutes narrowing down which you’d like to learn.

    Realize learning itself is the activity. The joy itself. There is no goal. No pressure. No ego conception of where you must be in x amount of time.