u/cosmicbearspa

Mine takes 1.5 hours a day. I put on a tv show and do my exercises during the show. The exercises are so boring and tedious and make me want to quit every day. But having a good show on helps. Curious to know what you all do!

Like the title says. My doctor wants me to do just PT and not surgery. Curious to know if others out there have gone the same path and made progress and/or healed.

I want to read a book that would make me feel more brave in life, to feel like I can take big leaps of faith. Maybe the main character goes through something hard then comes out on top. Maybe the whole book is a slow burn of someone becoming more brave. Whatever the book may be, I want it to be something that makes you feel more brave than when you first started reading it.

Right now I’m finishing up The Woman In The Window and the book is making me feel brave, mainly because the main character is stubborn and still moves forward despite fear.

I thought re-learning math as an adult is supposed to be easier, not harder, because you’re going over stuff you once knew. But I’ve been re-learning math since May and have no idea how younger me reached college algebra. Sure, I got a D- in it but I still managed to stumble my way through high school math and land in freshman math. I wonder how I even managed to once upon a time get past 6th grade because I’m currently struggling with simple concepts in my quest to become good at math.

How is it that I got through elementary, middle, high school and freshman math yet now feel like an idiot trying to re-learn it all? I’ve been at this for months and still am struggling more than I’m succeeding.

I am a late-bloomer beginner cook. Like, I can make chicken, scrambled eggs, and pasta out of a jar.

I want to make whole-foods plant-based meals for health reasons, but it seems like so many recipes I come across ask for making common things from scratch and/or using hard to find ingredients. Like you don’t just use regular ranch dressing in your recipe; you make it out of cashews. Or you don’t use regular chocolate —you either make it yourself out of dates or use some hard to find brand of chocolate. It’s really frustrating me. So is it just me or is WFPB cooking more difficult than regular cooking? Or are the two methods more similar than not?

I can do mental math in the single digits, but anything bigger I need paper and pencil or a calculator. It’s really frustrating. Is this normal or do I have a math learning disability?

Ok I’m going to reluctantly date myself here, but my math upbringing was before the days of khan academy (Khan started in 2005). I graduated high school in 2005 and didn’t touch math past 2007. Fast forward to the present and since May of this year I’ve been re-learning math with the help of khan academy and professor Leonard on YouTube.

At the risk of sounding ancient, did the world of teaching k-12th in the U.S. change how math was taught between 2006 and present day? I ask because the instruction feels different. I don’t remember questions from my childhood being asked how they are asked on khan academy. Khan academy is kind of giving me a humbling run for my money and I’m only on grade 3 math! I don’t remember questions being asked in the same manner as before. And I don’t remember so much flexibility in thinking about math problems like on Khan, but then again I probably don’t remember much from my earlier math days. All I *do* remember is crying over math lol.

I’m not really sure what I’m asking with this post.

Everyone recommends khan academy and while I’m not thrilled with it, I’m still using it. I wish there were textbooks for grades 3-5th grade instead of khan academy. Maybe there is and I just haven’t found any yet.

Is there anyone on this sub who learned math before 2006 and who are now using khan academy? How are you finding it? Does it feel different than your earlier years? Or are you using other resources?

Was it math-related? Non-math related? I’m planning on going back to school and I’m trying to figure out what career to pick.

I can’t tell if I’m dumb or if I truly have dyscalculia-level problems with Microsoft Excel because I struggle SO MUCH with it! There are numbers everywhere, formulas everywhere, and I have to mentally hold onto mathematical concepts. It’s a nightmare to learn.

I’ve been re-learning math since May and I still struggle with simple things like rounding and fractions. It’s so frustrating because I want to succeed at math to give myself a better life (college algebra is required for most General Ed requirements) but I still struggle with the basics. Even doing something as simple as counting currency is difficult because I can’t “hold on” to the numbers in my head as I add them.

At what point do I just give up? I don’t understand why I’m having so much difficulty when I learned this stuff as a kid. I struggled hard as a young kid and then never got above a C in math in middle school and high school, and got a D- in college algebra. You would think someone who once went through k-12 grade math would be able to do it again, but in my case I’m struggling so much.

Edit to add how I study: I follow along with Professor Leonard’s pre-algebra playlist and do the problems from the videos. I even give myself mini tests and quizzes based on his problems. I also do grade 2-4 worksheets on mathisfun.com and k5learning.com.

I just feel so defeated today. I wonder if I have a math learning disability but I can’t afford to test it, and even if I had it I don’t know how knowing I had it would make a difference.

For context I’m re-learning math from the ground up. I’m struggling to gauge my math level, but I think it’s around grade 5 (I’ve been re-learning fractions for weeks).

I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do because I have the instruction part down but not the sets of problems part. I follow Professor Leonard’s Pre-Algebra playlist on YouTube, but I’m flying blind with the lack of practice problems. I wish there was a free website with a bunch of practice problems organized by grade level. I can’t afford to buy textbooks to practice with. I don’t like khan academy even though I’ve tried it multiple times.

I feel like there’s holes because I’m not in a structured learning plan like a class.

Does anyone have any advice?

What can I do? I want to volunteer from home but not sure what opportunities to go after since I don’t really have any skills.

I made a previous post and you were all so helpful. I have one more question. I don’t have the best memory and think I would fail miserably if I had to go to court and testify. Are there roles (maybe case management, intake?) where you don’t have to go to court?

Or should I not consider this field at all if I want to avoid testifying.

In school I transferred around to three different schools and tried to major in small animal science, intercultural studies, biology, surface design, interior design, digital media, then 3d character animation. Nothing stuck because it was too hard to learn except for interior design. I didn’t graduate from college years ago but I want to go back.

I tried to learn coding during the pandemic but the abstract nature of it was so difficult to grasp. I’d love to do engineering but I don’t have the intellectual horsepower to do it. Too squeamish for healthcare. Manual labour jobs are out of the question due to a bad shoulder.

I even have a hard time learning Microsoft Excel and you need that for most office jobs.

I think I’ve failed in life. In school I transferred around to three different schools and tried to major in small animal science, intercultural studies, biology, surface design, interior design, digital media, then 3d character animation. Nothing stuck because it was too hard to learn except for interior design. I didn’t graduate from college years ago but I want to go back. I’ve never held a full-time job and I feel so behind in life.

I tried to learn coding during the pandemic but the abstract nature of it was so difficult to grasp. I’d love to do engineering but I don’t have the intellectual horsepower to do it. Too squeamish for healthcare. Manual labour jobs are out of the question due to a bad shoulder.

I even have a hard time learning Microsoft Excel and you need that for most office jobs.

I just don’t know what to pick or do.

I think I’ve failed in life. In school I transferred around and tried to learn small animal science, intercultural studies, biology, surface design, interior design, digital media, then 3d character animation. I didn’t graduate from college years ago but I want to go back. I’ve never held a full-time job and I feel so behind in life.

I want to be one of those smart people, a smart woman like you all. I want to be a role model for my nieces and show them their aunt is one of those smart women.

I just don’t know how to learn, I guess. I struggle with a poor working memory and slow processing speed which makes learning more tricky I think. How can I learn to become a college-educated person?

I want to read fiction or non-fiction books where the main character is a smart, intelligent woman who works in tech, science, or math. I want to become inspired by smart women. Thanks!