I have learned that not all airports are at the end of a subway line. This means that you have to pay attention to which way you want to go. Otherwise you may be standing on a platform in the summer air waiting to go back past the airport and into town.
A Friend learned, and taught me, that rest trumps brute effort when it comes to solving a complex problem. If you’re rested, you may come up with a clever solution that does not take all that work.
Today I learned, again, to confirm meetings before rushing to them. Not everyone uses the calendar tools to cancel a meeting, although they would if I ran the world (but then if I ran the world we’d have other problems, so it’s just as well)
So with that constraint (the me not running the world thing), the next best thing is to check ahead and confirm the meeting, well in advance.
I learned another reason not to check the blackberry late at night. By checking a new text message, I accidentally and unknowingly dialed the Loved One who had texted me, and then went, clueless, off to bed. That left her confused and concerned. Sorry Sweetie!
And if you want to know WHY we keep checking for new messages, it’s really well explained here:
http://ww.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=129384107
Look for the part around this “GROSS: I always think maybe it’ll be a little gift there, like some really wonderful message, something like really interesting and fascinating or somebody I’m dying to hear from.”
only works if you put everything in its place. I have “learned” this so many times that I can’t even bear to look to see how many times I’ve posted it!
One day this week, I could not find my bus ticket as I was boarding the 7 AM bus to Boston, so I had to run inside and buy another. I bought a new 10-pack. Later in the day, I found it, not in the designated spot in my purse. Since these tickets expire in just about the time it takes me to use one pack at a time, this could have been an expensive mistake/lesson. were it not for part 2 / tomorrow’s lesson
I am learning how important it is to know where I’m going.
It could be driving in Boston (see ALL those entries about using a GPS in Boston), for which it’s important to know where I’m going in two ways: know that the GPS picked the right destination, and then know the general idea about the destination (for when the signal is lost in the tunnel AND the cowpath thing freaks out the GPS).
Or it could be knowing where I need to be, as in my dream last night where I was frantically trying to get to a drumming thing but instead climbing ladders in the wrong direction. Bummer.
Or it could be my career.
They all have this in common: Know where you’re going.
I am learning that the less dependent I am on external validation, the more stable I am. Fewer highs, perhaps, but more meaningful ones. And definitely fewer lows, and not as deep.
What a year!
See January 11, February 4, March 8. What’s it gonna take???
I have learned that:
“You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometime, you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need” Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
What have you found?
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