Forging Ahead: Stressing over an academic course

Last post I mentioned I was taking an online course for the first time in a while. Since it is an undergrad course which I decided not to enroll in for credit, I thought I wouldn't be stressed. Guess what? I am. Maybe it's graduate school flashbacks or just being my own worst critic. The course I'm taking is an undergraduate Junior level English class and you'd think it would be relatively easy. However, this is not the type of course I'd taken in the past. I have taken courses online but even newer technology is currently my nemesis.  There's a "joke" between my professor and me (at least that's what I think it is) that I'm stressing over nothing, as I'm not seeking a grade or credit for this class. Still, I'm attempting to master things like transforming a typed paper into a pdf file and submit it to the professor miles away. I knew this was going to be a challenge

I just finished my first written assignment which is similar to the research papers I'd done in many classes in the past. The biggest difference being that I had to take the written document, change it into a pdf file and submit it. I had to smile when I saw a posted note by the professor about not slipping a paper under his door on campus to meet a deadline (which is tomorrow.) I thought I'd done the submission part correctly, because I did get my document transformed into a pdf file, but when it arrived to the professor's computer, he sent me a message that it was in the wrong format. Yikes. So I've resubmitted it. I hope this time it is successful.. I've had to resubmit my paper/pdf file and I'm still not sure as I write this that I got it to him in the correct format. I was told he received it, but it did end up in the wrong format and I was asked to resubmit it. So, I await feedback from him. The deadline for submitting the file is tomorrow at around midnight. 

I'm adjusting to a lot of technology that I haven't encountered before but determined to master it. This is  taking a  toll on me despite two things: 1) I'm not taking the course for credit 2) therefore, I'm not getting a grade. I'm happy about that on both counts because while I have taken online courses before, and at least one was graded, this one is stressing me! I joked (or I think I was joking!) with the professor that I feel like I'm back in graduate school. He's been helpful, but it is hard to not put stress on myself due to my past academic experiences.

Meanwhile, I'm on to the next assignment: reading a text of Christopher Marlowe's play, Edward II. Then it's to be followed by viewing a specific version of that play. I'd really forgotten how demanding some academic coursework can be, or maybe it's just, as I said, flashbacks.