Archive | January, 2009

“Microblogging meets meditation” – Attention, focus and priority

18 Jan

I just finished reading this article on ‘Nine Trends for 2009 for a World in Flux’ and while I do agree with many of the projections, there is one in particular that resonates with me. “Micro-blogging meets meditation” calls upon the need for a balanced approach towards social media, with all of it’s merits and drawbacks.

It’s easy to feel bombarded by all of the comments, posts, tweets, status updates, photos, videos, shared links and other miscellany of messages that come flooding in. I’d love some suggestions on how you work with this. Any tips, tools and techniques you use to kung-fu chop the tidal-wave of info-data-bits would be greatly appreciated.

A valuable blog for me these days is the revamped ’43 Folders’ where Merlin Mann has changed his focus from productivity to finding the time and attention to do your creative work. In so many ways, this is where my mind is at. Rather than read a tweet about someone eating a plate of Kraft Dinner, I want to be producing, sharing and collaborating great ideas.

Now I can doodle on all of those GTD books!

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Promises and good intentions

17 Jan

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image from the brilliant xkcd

Seeing as the last post to this blog was a long, long time ago and in it, I promised to blog a lot more it’s only fitting that I get around to posting something now. Goodness knows I tweet everyday!

Good intentions usually come about when well-meaning people promise things to others in the hopes of keeping something going. I am well-meaning to a fault at times so I’ve come to realize that I really do need to enact some restraint in getting involved in too many things to ensure that certain things don’t suffer. As much as I’d love to participate in everything that’s going on, balance is my mantra and finding that balance can be so difficult.

No 2009 resolutions. No giant revelations. Just hoping to have some simplicity this year balanced with accomplishments, learning and helping people in their own personal growth without losing sight of my own. Oh and more blogging – less tweeting. I’m certainly not the first to say this…

Not too much for a girl to ask is it?

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