A minor achievement

For a large part of my life I have been trying to understand electronics. I could figure it out well enough to build a flashlight, but anything beyond that point was a mystery. I bought and read several books that were supposed to explain electronics in a simple manner, but always got lost once they went past the simple flashlight stage. So about 15 years ago I bought a book called "There are no electrons: Electronics for Earthlings" which explained electronics a totally different way. And it was a great book but I always got lost part way through. Every couple of years I would try reading the book again but always got confused.

This weekend I finally made it all the way through the book and actually understood it. It is the first time in my life I can actually understand the formulas that apply to electronics. I even have some idea what some of the components do and how they work. It is amazing that I finally after all these years have grasped the concepts in the book. Of course there are still things I don't understand, things that were not covered in the book, but at least I have learned.

Yay for me!