I really haven’t been doing well with this blog lately, have I? It’s not that I don’t want to blog, believe me. I think I’ve mentioned that my current morning routine seems to leave me with very little time to read or write, and work has been keeping me so busy that there hasn’t even really been time to blog at lunchtime. I have been so busy I have been mostly off the grid (so to speak) – no IM, minimal twittering, and short emails. I’ve just marked all my subscriptions read in the Reader (yay for RSS). In the evenings, after making dinner, washing up and relaxing for a bit, I find myself ready to hop into bed with a good book (currently re-reading Sara Paretsky’s Killing Orders). Recently weekends have been really busy, too, so busy that I find myself with no time to spend on the computer.
Despite being so busy, I have been enjoying myself. I am enjoying the new job and enjoying the fact that I have a lot to learn and lots of different challenges each day. I am starting to understand how a manager would answer an interview question about time management. It’s quite challenging to have to constantly reprioritise, and remember the bigger picture. I also think it’s important to remember that in many instances I am dealing with people and not abstract situations, and that if it takes time to sort things out, well, it takes time. I wish I could blog about my experiences, but I’m not sure it would be appropriate, given that a lot of what I have been doing involves my colleagues.
Work aside, can anyone talk me into turning up to Podcamp this Saturday? I am torn between wanting to lie on my banana lounge in the backyard gazing at the sky, and thinking it would be nice to catch up with folks. At the moment the score is: banana lounge 85, Podcamp 15.
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I think you protest too much. You know it will be fun.
Dunno about you, but the philosphical kinds of sessions appeal to me – the “branding and new media”, “federal election and new media”, “it’s all about doing what you love” types of sessions. Different enough from the “how tos” of barcamp to hold my interest.
Looks like a different crowd, too. It seems almost more grown up and official – which doesn’t really sell it to me – I liked the youth and geekiness of barcamp.
Sue C will be there. And me. And Maeve. And Julia Gross. And Liam from your work. And Nick Cowie. All the cool library folk in town. Come and remind yourself that some of us do have skills and aren’t just bumbling about in the dark with new tech – that’s one of my main motivations…to hang out with people like those guys and Sue W and Tama and Kate Q who “get” it.
I need to feel more charitable toward my fellow librarians/education workers and their willingness to learn new stuff at the moment. I hope I’ll come back a little bit less jaded.
Chilling out seems good to me!
Glad the new job is working out too 🙂
BTW – I’ve tagged you if you feel like doing something mindless…
Well Kathryn, I will turn up just so I can have a whinge with you 😉 Oh, and now M says he will come too 🙂
Penny, thanks for the tag! Will do 🙂
I know what you mean CW, its very hard when you start a new job to have the energy for anything else. You just drop. But I’ll be there to. The energy from other who are unfettered by technology is something I need to breathe for a while. See you there!