Monday, October 26, 2009
Busy Bees or Crazed Chickens?
Time and to-do tasks seem to be a common thread lately. I have found myself alternating between saying "I am so busy" or "I am so tired." A PLN friend asked how many of us felt we had too much to do, and not enough time to do it. A f2f friend said she thinks we try to do too much. Does this sound familiar to you. Are we over-scheduled, over-extended, and over-stimulated? Or, is it something more? Are so many of us swimming upstream against a strong current of "site blocked", laptops aren't updated, no laptops, technology is outdated or non existant, that we are simply exhausted? I am interested to hear your point of view.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
10 Things I Want to Do Before I Die
This meme came from a student, Amanda, of Paul Bogush. She started a meme last week that she hopes will sweep through the blogosphere. She writes in her post:
I know mostly everyone has heard “well what things do you want to do before you die”. There’s books that say 100 things to see before you die or 50 things to do before you die. But I’m wondering right now if you had to pick 10 things to do before you die what would they be and do you have reasons why?
10 Things I want to do before I die (In no particular order)
1. I want to see Alaska while it is still snowy and icy. I want to see the glaciers and the animals and experience being "on top of the world!"
2. Publish a book. I love reading and writing and learning. Someday i would like to immortalize myself in the wonderful world of books and literature.
3. Dance at my sons' and grandchildren's weddings. Although there are no imminent weddings or grandchildren that I know of, I want to be part of a large and connected multi-generational family.
4. Learn to play an instrument. I have always wanted to really play an instrument but never had the time. So, one day, I want to learn.
5. LEARN - There are so many things I want to learn and so many things that I don't even know about yet that I want to learn. How to speak some more languages, create stained glass, carpentry, etc. I want to learn every day of my life.
6. TRAVEL - I want to travel to as many continents as possible. One of goals is to meet people all over and learn about all different cultures and people.
7. A lifelong dream of mine is to travel the world, circumnavigate the globe on a cruise. If I won a million dollars or more, I would definitely do this.
8. Become a college professor...maybe even with a doctorate. I go back and forth on this one.
9. Have a house on a beach somewhere. Sit on the deck or porch and overlook the ocean and spend time with friends and family.
10. Live in New York City near Central Park, at least part of the year.
The funny thing is, as I sat here and thought about what I really want to do that I haven't...most of the things are things that I can't afford...yet. I guess that means that I am doing, or have done what I want to do. That makes me feel good and connected to my inner self and dreams.
Please tag your blog with so Amanda can keep track. I tag the following bloggers:
Cliotech
Patti
Miss Cochran
Stacy
Dr. Fifer
And here is a an extra challenge for you. Tag at least one person that you have never had any correspondence with and who’s blog you have never visited. Someone outside of your normal PLN. After searching around I found a blog written by Heather Cochran. She is a student in education who has a blog reflecting on her experiences in Costa Rica. Heather, hello, nice to meet you I’m Meg, can you reflect forward for me and tell me “10 Things that you would like to do before you die?
I know mostly everyone has heard “well what things do you want to do before you die”. There’s books that say 100 things to see before you die or 50 things to do before you die. But I’m wondering right now if you had to pick 10 things to do before you die what would they be and do you have reasons why?
10 Things I want to do before I die (In no particular order)
1. I want to see Alaska while it is still snowy and icy. I want to see the glaciers and the animals and experience being "on top of the world!"
2. Publish a book. I love reading and writing and learning. Someday i would like to immortalize myself in the wonderful world of books and literature.
3. Dance at my sons' and grandchildren's weddings. Although there are no imminent weddings or grandchildren that I know of, I want to be part of a large and connected multi-generational family.
4. Learn to play an instrument. I have always wanted to really play an instrument but never had the time. So, one day, I want to learn.
5. LEARN - There are so many things I want to learn and so many things that I don't even know about yet that I want to learn. How to speak some more languages, create stained glass, carpentry, etc. I want to learn every day of my life.
6. TRAVEL - I want to travel to as many continents as possible. One of goals is to meet people all over and learn about all different cultures and people.
7. A lifelong dream of mine is to travel the world, circumnavigate the globe on a cruise. If I won a million dollars or more, I would definitely do this.
8. Become a college professor...maybe even with a doctorate. I go back and forth on this one.
9. Have a house on a beach somewhere. Sit on the deck or porch and overlook the ocean and spend time with friends and family.
10. Live in New York City near Central Park, at least part of the year.
The funny thing is, as I sat here and thought about what I really want to do that I haven't...most of the things are things that I can't afford...yet. I guess that means that I am doing, or have done what I want to do. That makes me feel good and connected to my inner self and dreams.
Please tag your blog with so Amanda can keep track. I tag the following bloggers:
Cliotech
Patti
Miss Cochran
Stacy
Dr. Fifer
And here is a an extra challenge for you. Tag at least one person that you have never had any correspondence with and who’s blog you have never visited. Someone outside of your normal PLN. After searching around I found a blog written by Heather Cochran. She is a student in education who has a blog reflecting on her experiences in Costa Rica. Heather, hello, nice to meet you I’m Meg, can you reflect forward for me and tell me “10 Things that you would like to do before you die?
Sunday, January 11, 2009
7 Things
I've been tagged by Cliotech for the "7 Things Meme". I apologize to the first person who tagged me, but I just didn't get to it until now.
What is the focus of this meme?
So, here goes . . .
1. I have had many jobs in my life along the way to what I do now. I have been a babysitter, hospital cafeteria worker, department store and drugstore salesperson, bartender, Kelly Girl (do you remember them?), English teacher (in Spain), phone solicitor (in Spanish!), cake decorator, stockbroker, travel agent, Registered Nurse, and Spanish teacher.
2. I am the oldest of 5 children. The next 4 were four years after me and there are four of them within four years. I was always being left "in charge".
3. I love reading and the first book I ever stayed up all night to finish was Little Women in third grade. I still remember the emotions I felt reading that book. I also really related to the Meg character (see #2 above.)
4. I have dual citizenship through my paternal grandparents who were from Ireland. They were from the North (Derry) but they were born before the split so they still had Irish Citizenship. Until two years ago, I was a citizen of a country I had never been to.
5. I love traveling but am terrified of flying. I force myself to fly but landings and takeoffs are nerve wracking. As they say...the second greatest thrill known to man is flying. The first greatest thrill is landing!
6. When I had my wisdom teeth out some 20 years ago there were nine of them. Yup, nine! The oral surgeon told me it was a throwback to a time when people lost many teeth and needed more. I tell my kids it is because I have so much wisdom!
7. I love the beach and the water. Maybe it is because of my zodiac sign (Cancer) or just because some of my happiest childhood memories are from the beach. I try to collect shells (a few) from every beach I go to and I have a large jar of shells.
I'm not tagging anyone because most of my friends/colleagues have already posted. If you haven't consider yourself tagged. Don't forget to add yourselves to the 7 Things Wiki once you post.
What is the focus of this meme?
Participants in the online community affectionately known as the "Eduverse" have begun "tagging" fellow members to invite them to post a list of "7 Little-Known Facts" about themselves to their blog. On sites such as Twitter and Plurk, members of the Eduverse PLN (professional learning network or personal learning network) are reaching out to each other to go deeper than the ordinary, professional issues to reveal more personal information.
Here are the rules for this game:
• Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post - some random, some weird.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.
So, here goes . . .
1. I have had many jobs in my life along the way to what I do now. I have been a babysitter, hospital cafeteria worker, department store and drugstore salesperson, bartender, Kelly Girl (do you remember them?), English teacher (in Spain), phone solicitor (in Spanish!), cake decorator, stockbroker, travel agent, Registered Nurse, and Spanish teacher.
2. I am the oldest of 5 children. The next 4 were four years after me and there are four of them within four years. I was always being left "in charge".
3. I love reading and the first book I ever stayed up all night to finish was Little Women in third grade. I still remember the emotions I felt reading that book. I also really related to the Meg character (see #2 above.)
4. I have dual citizenship through my paternal grandparents who were from Ireland. They were from the North (Derry) but they were born before the split so they still had Irish Citizenship. Until two years ago, I was a citizen of a country I had never been to.
5. I love traveling but am terrified of flying. I force myself to fly but landings and takeoffs are nerve wracking. As they say...the second greatest thrill known to man is flying. The first greatest thrill is landing!
6. When I had my wisdom teeth out some 20 years ago there were nine of them. Yup, nine! The oral surgeon told me it was a throwback to a time when people lost many teeth and needed more. I tell my kids it is because I have so much wisdom!
7. I love the beach and the water. Maybe it is because of my zodiac sign (Cancer) or just because some of my happiest childhood memories are from the beach. I try to collect shells (a few) from every beach I go to and I have a large jar of shells.
I'm not tagging anyone because most of my friends/colleagues have already posted. If you haven't consider yourself tagged. Don't forget to add yourselves to the 7 Things Wiki once you post.
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