Thing #1: Frustrated from the start

I'm going to try the 23 things to learn the language of 2.0. I've already wasted a lot of time because I didn't read the directions and set up a blog name that was taken. Then it appeared that I already had a google account but I couldn't remember the password. So I had to use a different e-mail address and make up a new blog name. I've wasted over an hour that I could have spent reading instead of getting frustrated. Is this really supposed to be fun?