It's just so jarring to go from being able to do almost anything to have to ask questions
I suspect we can all say we've been there. I help out a fair bit at Mr. Excel and have to say that every day I'm amazed to what lengths people want to go to make it work like a db, and just how much harder that really is. Even if you don't get the nod for work related purposes, I think that if you got your hands on an older used copy of Access, or even forked out 8 or 9 bucks per month for 365 and learned on your own time, one day you'll be glad you did.
I think my crowning achievement was building a db that in 4 minutes could create the paperwork that took 4 guys to do in a whole day on overtime. Best part is, no one complained because as salaried guys, we regularly accumulated unwanted OT and certainly didn't want to work Saturdays doing paperwork. I've yet to see anyone present a reasonable challenge that a properly designed db couldn't handle. Can't say that for Excel.
The more we hear silence, the more we begin to think about our value in this universe.
Paraphrase of Professor Brian Cox.