OH BOTHER, WHAT TO DO …
Monday, April 18, 2022
Who has time for webinars and podcasts?
During the pandemic phase, I had Zoom-eyes ready to consume whatever was happening when it happened, which sometimes was just too much, but I didn’t want to miss any …
Subjects varied, as did the time of day or day of the week – but when we were effectively locked down and shut in, it didn’t seem to matter. And the more things returned to normal, the more of these things were offered, and the more of them I signed up for. Scheduling work and life around webinar times and podcast broadcasts got tricky.
But providers got imaginative, and I found most were sending out links afterward so people could watch on their timing – so I must admit that nuance probably triggered me to sign up for more rather less, and then for more. And more and more …
Like anything in life, or like those tall piles of books on bedside tables, my to-read or to re-read stack, too much of a good thing is too much – and it interferes with my Roku, Netflix, Prime and tubi, and YouTube feeds …
Now, things are busier; those lunch-and-learn times at my desk while scanning a newspaper, triaging emails, and having lunch included re-watching some of those great webinars too …
But they kept piling up in my ‘to be watched’ file.
The challenge is to watch more each week than I save each week; otherwise, my agglomeration grows – or I can just wipe out the saved ones and start over.
Like so many things, we re-order our priorities to do the urgent or emergent something first, essential tasks next, and the rest will have to wait.
But there is an exception to this – things we need to think about more, notes or letters we need to write while the heat is in us. Still, saving them as DRAFT and reviewing them a few days later produces results that better express our thoughts clearly and our emotions a little less – more better communication and less self-flogging we otherwise inevitably do to ourselves.
Reader feedback:
Mark, when I was in grade school all we were permitted to use were fountain pens and our penmanship, grammar and punctuation made up a large portion of our final mark. I had a childhood friend who studied calligraphy and produced a form of art when he wrote essays and letters. I understand they no longer teach cursive in schools. What a shame. Happy Easter, RT, White Rock, BC