Quote from Neoxx:
I clearly need to do a lot more work on the basics, and won't be using any more real money until I have the principles securely in place.
The fault is all with me. I think you've done an incredible job reducing everything to it's simplest, most straightforward terms, appealing to my learning style, and adopting a complementary teaching style.
I think my cross-wiring has to do, not so much with any 'CW' background, as with the haphazard and unstructured adopting of SCT information from a number of disparate sources before we began this process, creating my own mental connections, rules and habits in the process.
I hope that my slow and stubborn reversion back to a correct SCT path hasn't unduly influenced any other beginners, or, perhaps more importantly, would-be beginners. I also hope that I haven't limited the potential of this thread, and held back others from progressing as fast as they could.
I think another fault of mine is a propensity to work on autopilot. My brain has been hibernating for longer than I'd care to admit. Most of my professional, even academic life, everything always came a little too easy, discouraging any real intellectual work.
The hibernating mind emerged from it's cozy cave, hoisted the back pack, and felt it could climb the mountain trails in walking slumber.
I obviously have a lot of work to do this weekend before even contemplating going live again.