<p>I just completed my 500th post on CC. Two kids in college and one to go - yeah! For those CC faithful with a thousand or more posts, I was wondering how your perspectives have changed as your number of posts grew. Are you responding to different kinds of threads now? Has the content or tenor of your posts changed? In short, what might I expect as I venture into the second five hundred posts?</p>
<p>NewHope, I think it took me almost 500 posts to start listening to what I was being told, not defensively (most of the time anyway) but with some amount of trust and respect for those advising me. Most of the little bit I know about the process I learned right here from generous ( but opinionated ;)) folks. They just had to hit me upside the head a few dozen times before it started to sink in. </p>
<p>Congrats on 500.</p>
<p>I try to listen and not resond more often than I do respond. I think I learn more that way. I have started to stick my neck out more, but sometimes I wish I hadn’t. It’s a great learning process. I originally wrote “leaning process”–it’s that too. I’ve been propped up so many times by people here, students as well as parents.</p>
<p>I’ve met a few of the people here and for many others, I’ve learned to trust their expertise and willingness to share and help.</p>