Week 9, thing 23: Summarizing 23 things

I feel like I'm finally crossing the finish line- I'm done and it's a good feeling. When I first posted my first blog and picked out the template I thought hey this is pretty cool. Then I started to feel a little overwhelmed with some of the "things" I had to do. Sometimes the "things" didn't always publish or happen the way I thought they should, but I hung in there. Then I started to worry about some of the "things" I had to sign up for. I kind of felt exposed, and I was afraid I would end up getting tons of spam (that hasn't happened). Then after coming back from vacation I started to tackle it again, and I found it getting easier and easier (maybe because I was actually learning "things" along the way). Before I realized it, "23 things" became quite enjoyable, and I must say I learned a great deal throughout the course. And now, having completed it, it feels like I completed a college level course. Near the end, when we started exploring the 2.0 award sites, youtube and NetLibray, was probably when I had the most fun. And looking back on it, that was the logical order of "things" to learn about. For me, the hardest "things" were at the beginning, and then they gradually became more enjoyable. The biggest challenge for me was finding the time to work on the program. Summer has been an extremely busy time at the library, and at times I wondered if I would be able to finish on time. The order of things kind of held my interest to the end. If it had been the other way around, I may have become discouraged. Did 23 things live up to it's purpose? It certainly did for me, I really did learn a lot and had fun in the process (wasn't that one of our goals at the beginning?). In retrospect, it really was the perfect course for someone like myself. Thank you.