Just a Gorgeous Find on Flickr

Only a quick blog here. While playing around on Flickr I found this beautiful little pic. You'd be hard pressed to find something like this in a Worldcat search. Gives me the thought that maybe we should be cataloging old card catalogs!

7 1/2 things

As a requirement of 23 learning things for Web 2.0 I get to reflect on 7 1/2 habits of lifelong learners as presented by Lori Reed.



I will not list all the habits, (visit link above) but rather tell you what i find easiest and hardest:

Easiest: I am goal oriented. If I don't have a clear outcome I am working for, I won't work for it. Therefore, prior to beginning any project, I ask myself, "Why am I doing this?" If I can't answer, I won't do it. Sometimes the answer is to achieve a small result on my way to a larger goal. For example, i don't like to blog unless I have a specific message I want to convey. But this blog that you are reading is not about a passionate message which I hold dear. It is an exercise that needs to be accomplished in order to fulfill the requirements for a required class in acheiving my MLS degree.... which I am passionate about. GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!

Hardest: I would say creating a lifelong learning toolbox... and it's not really in the creation of it, it's more the organization and upkeep of it. I must constantly remind myself that if I spend 15 minutes upfront organizing my work (toolbox) that it will save me countless hours on the back end looking for the resources I need to complete my task at hand.

So between the easiest and hardest is the disconnect. In order to accomplish any goal I need to A. know where I am B. know where I'm going C. create the plan and methodology to get there D. prepare the tools necessary E. implement

23 learning things

So here I am taking on way too much. After graduation from Nazareth College I spent the summer working, raising the kids and planning a wedding. The wedding went off without a hitch (the perfect day) and the honeymoon was flawless with the exception of misplaced charging cables and a stolen iPod Touch.

How does one top an insanely busy summer? Easy! Take on full-time work in Rochester (Music & Arts in Pittsford... come see me!) continue to raise 4 kids, and commute 4 days a week to Buffalo to pursue a dual masters in Library Science and Music History.... oh did I mention, I'm still gigging with my blues band?

So there it is, just a little bit about me and my current situation, and with that my first blog post regarding 23 learning things for Web 2.0 as a requirement for LIS 506 is complete.