Time and time again, I have observed that when I get a chance to talk to someone who, to me, is Really Big Deal, I usually says something really stupid. In these settings, I’m better off just listening and smiling.
Category: Life
Another Way
From Linda:L
I am learning (does it count that I don´t have it nailed down yet?) that you don´t have to prove to yourself that you love your children by worrying about them. Thinking about them, spending time with them in your mind and heart, doesn´t have to be scary stress-filled worrying. There is another way.
Morning Madness Time Swap
Lesson from Kat:
It is possible to get ready in 10 minutes, including a shower, if need be. And those extra twenty minutes of sleep may be worth it!!!
The Big Whatever of Parenting
From Lava:
I learned that if you don’t let your kids eat a lot of candy when they are little they will really want it when they are older. Or not. Two kids; two different outcomes. Same with t.v. So really what I learned is that they are who they are regardless of our best efforts to have some influence.
Rested and Ready
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.
The Big Whatever of Parenting
From Lava:
I learned that if you don’t let your kids eat a lot of candy when they are little they will really want it when they are older. Or not. Two kids; two different outcomes. Same with t.v. So really what I learned is that they are who they are regardless of our best efforts to have some influence
Confirm!
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.
Step AWAY from the Blackberry!
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.”
Know Where You’re Going
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.
Stay Together
I have learned not to wander off in IKEA. There is no cell reception and it’s hard to find your Loved Ones once you part.
Jane's Lessons Learned 