Day 131 - Conscious Incompetence

Tuesday August 25th

I was brought down to earth with a bang today as we sat in a problem solving group and I had no idea what was going on. There is asking stupid questions and then there is asking really stupid questions. That feeling persisted all day so I keep my head down and tried to keep up and absorb as much as I could.

You can understand why people stay in the same career/field/job forever. It is simply terrifying to sit there and not know what on earth anyone is talking about, knowing that everyone else does, knowing that you should. I cannot remember who said this but it definitely feels like going from a state of unconscious competence, where I knew 90% of what was going to happen and how to deal with it on any given day, to a state of conscious incompetence where I haven't a clue. It's OK when you're 21.

Met someone who was at Exeter and graduated in 2002. He won't remember me then.....