I've been jumping into a lot of new software lately, and I think my tolerance for uncertainty and mess is rapidly rising, which is good. In the last week or two I've used Illustrator, Indesign, Rhino, Endnote, and R all for the first time, happily with good results. I'm starting to care less about getting things perfect right up front, an attitude that I've struggled with for a long time and one that inhibits learning.