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Oh dear, I need help....

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This period was a little blurry, I wasn't sure how, what, where and when to get started with my journey. I was in a team meeting with my manager and was going through a rough time outside of work with my beloved father-in-law who was ill at the time and my manager attuned to this, decided to switch the meeting up and shift the focus onto us as individuals moving away from corporate discussions.  I had previously mentioned to the team  So how did I get here  and my manager asked how things were progressing, and I mentioned I had "blocker" this is what we call items that stop us from producing outputs for software releases. He mentioned had I thought about going to a train show to break the ic e on the topic which I had no idea these existed, it turned out there was going to be one up at Bundy. 23 March – 24 March 2024 Bundaberg Multiplex Sports & Convention Centre Civic Avenue Bundaberg West Unfortunately, due to personal reasons I did not make this event. What's t...

Where does one start?

Being in the Information Technology and software domain, I have methodologies to help guide practice to achieve goals and I wasn't sure how to start this process with a model railway layout. Sure, I could just go into a shop and buy a heap of stuff I didn't know what I was buying and then end up realizing I have bought the wrong thing or never actually use it properly, so I was little stumped where to start. Going to the library is a little time consuming these days as most local libraries are more like community hubs and sometimes information is not available in their catalogues resulting in a blind book purchase. The Queensland State Archives was a consideration, but that would have been a bit of day trip and time off work to try and coordinate, and I would need to renew my passport to travel 😁. So, I turned to everybody's trusted source Google,  quickly I become overwhelmed with the number of possibilities, acronyms, forums and videos of various viewpoints. Then I remem...