Spread the knowledge Marly! You are doing a good social deed that I'm sure your friends will thank you for in years to come if they listened to you and took it to heart.

New beginnings from scratch can be painful and make you pound your head against the wall sometimes, but I find that doing the same things over and over again that you have "figured out" is mind-numbingly boring and nearly makes me lose my mind if I am not growing and learning. So cheers to your spirit of not being afraid to be a beginner and learn to tackle new things!