I’m off to a great start for this new year. By now you’ve seen that this year for me has started on January 5th (Monday – back to work day). So far I’ve already blown the “getting up at 5:00am with hubby and start working out first thing,” instead I opted for sleeping in 10 minutes too late and rushing to work. I’ve stuck to the “let’s eat healthier”, but then again it’s only 3:10 in the afternoon so we’ll have to see if this lasts the week.
I also have stuck to the 1 hour a day set aside for me to catch up on my RSS feeds and commit to writing a posting here. Again….it’s only 3:10 in the afternoon and the boss isn’t in the office to interrupt. Let’s see if this lasts the week.
I had great comments from Dave Ferguson in regards to my post “A New Year, A Chance to Start Fresh.” He really put improvement, regardless of the task, into great perspective:
As for the coming year, one of the quotes in my collection is, “There’s always room for improvement. It’s the biggest room in the house.” I can get dismayed or discouraged by the improvement that’s always lying around, waiting to happen, but this is a reminder that there ain’t no time machines. You can’t go back and do things differently.
From this I take away – do not get discouraged or afraid of improvement as it will always be there, and you may as well try to improve as best you can, any change however small is good in that it will either make the situation better or teach you that it was find from the start. Every attempt at improvement is another opportunity to learn and that’s really what I’m striving for this year. A HUGE INCREASE IN LEARNING. 2007 was tremendous, 2008 was okay, 2009 will be GIANORMOUS.
I came across this great post today about the trends and changes seen for 2009 or 2.009 as it was labled. I really like that so 2.009 it is, seems so trendy. E-Learning 2.009, by Eva Kaplan–Leiserson. She speaks to the likes of Tony Karrer, Anders Gronstedt, Judy Brown, David Metcalf, Anne Derryberry, and Clark Quinn. Addressed are trends and obstacles we will all face in the coming year surrounding Web 2.0 learning, Mobile Learning, and Simulations and Games. I look forward to seeing where all these land over the next year.
Here’s to a prosperous 2009 everyone. Keep up the great work; together we’ll continue to learn, develop, and expand our minds together..