Learning
Your brain plays a funny trick on you when it comes to learning.
Before you have learned something, it will categorize the thing to be learned as a giant blob of “what the heck is this?”
You likely feel a sense of overwhelm at this stage.
As you dig into the learning, the amorphous blob shifts into more clearly defined parts.
While still daunting, the unknown becomes known albeit yet unlearned.
Your sense of overwhelm gives way to a complicated mix of clarity and lack of confidence.
The continually shifting nature of “what is known” and “to be known” while learning is cognitively demanding.
This is why a new role or taking on a new scope in a project can coincide with feelings of ineffectiveness.
You are not actually ineffective; you are devoting cognitive resources to learning which means other routine tasks are directly affected.
Brewing your morning coffee has not actually become more difficult.
Your cognitive resources are constrained.
This is probably a good sign to brew an extra cup.
Just Brew It,
-Morning Cup