Lesson Learned

I learned a lesson this past week.....a very common sense lesson. I was unable to sign into my Yahoo account to complete Thing 14. My ID and password were not being accepted and I was unsure of the reason. I had used the ID and password to sign up for my Flickr account to complete Thing 7 so I was concerned. I emailed Yahoo customer care back and forth several times throughout the week to solve the mystery. When I registered with Yahoo on April 10th that was my 1st Yahoo experience. Yahoo is not my regular personal email account. In previous account experiences I have written down or printed security questions and have listed an alternate email account. On April 10th during my Yahoo registration I did not. Error number 1. Long story short, they could not verify the Yahoo ID and password as mine, even with creating a Flickr account using that ID and password on April 10th.

Error number 2 was just discovered when I signed into my gmail email and had a Yahoo email asking me to verify the new account I created yesterday. When I originally created an account I did not provide the alternate email address and I did not sign into my new Yahoo account because I honestly didn't think of it at the time. It was not my everyday email account and I just didn't sign in, which was a mistake. Had I signed into Yahoo immediately after creating my first account, this whole confusion would never had happened because I would have verified my account.

So with my lack of common sense, I bring you these important common sense things to remember:
~Always print/write down security questions
~Always provide an alternate email account to ensure easier communication and verification if needed
~Always check to see if an email needs to be verified to continue it's use

With my lack of Yahoo sense behind me and lessons learned, I'm ready to get into exploring Things 14-23!