Morning musings

Not sure what’s happened to my blogging mojo, but never mind. I have been writing – just not here. Twitter and my pen and paper notebook are good outlets.

One good thing: It seems that spring is finally here! The sun’s out a lot earlier, it’s warmer and there are so many plants in bloom.

One bad thing: All the pollen in the air seems to be playing havoc with my asthma. I was only diagnosed with asthma this year, after over a year of enduring a cough that never quite goes away. Hurrah for asthma meds, I say!

One thing I learned: At the ALIA Access conference earlier this month, I attended a useful workshop facilitated by Dr Neil Carrington. He talked about the mental models and assumptions that block us from trying new things. I’m still thinking about this: he suggested that instead of saying “I’m too busy to do ___” or “I don’t have the time to do ____”, say “It’s just not that important to me right now”. Don’t use this as a cop out, use this to stop and think, “Is it really not that important to me right now, or do I need to focus on it, and make the time to?” When what you don’t have the time to do involves your own learning, does this mean your own learning as a professional is such a low priority?

Using this to jog my thinking about any issues – particularly things I have a block or reluctance about – has been most interesting.

I took this picture on my walk home the other day, using my iPhone.