three tablespoons of butter

i'm keeping a journal of one new thing i learn every day.  it's both exhilarating and humbling.

for example, earlier this year i didn't realize that the moon rose at all times of day or night depending on its orbit.  and, even though i've played my instrument for 30 years, i mistook bass cleff for viola clef in a duet insert recently since i had never used one before. in sewing, it was my first time using bias tape, so that was yet another learning curve.

in other words, if you've not done a lot of cooking, how can you know that the tablespoon markings are on the butter cube wrapper?  but maybe you know the latin names of plants by heart.

essentially, things come easily to people in their field of expertise.  it's easy to take certain facts and practices for granted or assume that other people know something when maybe they have yet to even encounter it.

a life coach once told our staff:  1) there are things you don't know that you don't know (unconscious/unaware) and then 2) things that you know you don't know (conscious/unaware) and finally 3) things that you know you know (conscious/aware).  for you alert readers asking "what about unconscious/aware?" well, it's not really possible, i suppose unless you're asleep and dreaming?  anyway, this process, she said, is how things move from desires to habits to reality, it's about awareness.

what new things have you become aware of lately?