Total rubbish

I'm not going to go to tonight's Flash lesson and it's not to do with the football. The fact is I'm too embarrassed.

I tried getting up to date with the work this week but I haven't made the progress I've craved.

And this morning I tried to do what should have been a very simple exercise from Katherine Ulrich's book...and couldn't get past third base.

So two questions: Why am I so rubbish and what am I going to do about it?

I think my problems stem from the fact that, as with Dreamweaver, I hit this class cold, with no experience of the programme. Missing the first lesson didn't help and I must admit that the pace of learning has been too swift for me.

This state of affairs is a contrast to my Photoshop lessons. I had time to practice before class so I wasn't completely lost as I am now.

So what do I do?

The first thing to do is stop feeling so bloody wretched about this. Perspective, man, perspective!

The second is to simply go back to the start. Diligently follow Ulrich's book from page 1 over the next two weeks (when the next lesson begins) and be rock solid with the basics.

I know that ultimately I will produce a good/very good project it's just at the moment I am trying to run before I can walk.