1. Slow down. I had said it, our information society goes way to fast. My brain needs more time for digest things and I am slow, I need time for implementing. I though I was strange for that, but now after my flight to Canada was delayed, due to weather conditions, and I was “stuck” between airports, I realized does not matter how much technology and development we have or how busy we are, you have to be patient until you can move out again. = Take it easy.
2. Communication. I know I am not the best using my mobile phone, but I need to be connected independently where I am. Which means, first thing I will do in January, a logical phone contract (which includes world wide connectivity, and data transmission).
3. Keep on track. There is inner joy after the Future Game Conference, that what we are doing of game research at EdTech it’s in a correct track, we also have a lot of potential in different areas. 🙂 At the end of the day all this effort will pay off, but still is a way to go!
4. Practical. Be practical and enjoy 🙂 But in some places of our globe that is not that simple. Wondering why in the Canada, USA and Mexico, we have this trend to make things in big, which at moments turns to be unpractical, or this huge fever of shopping?! it makes no sense. However, what it had drived me nuts: taxes. Yeap, why in Canada and in the USA, if I am not mistaken, don’t leave the full price for the products since the beginning? Oh my!!! if anyway you pay a whole price (no other option), why they do not display the price of a product with tax in the label?! and do not surprise you with another sum at the cashier!!!.
Anyway, there is much to talk and short time to write 🙁 but before keep on living, I wanted to summarized my learning experiences from last week for sharing 🙂 . Way to much information for all my senses, in all levels, I am honestly overflow… but I keep smiling, and trying to do my best 🙂
Now, I am off for tonight! (being the one, from our research group, which is complete behind schedule, taking into account that there is people in Taiwan, Korea, Finland, Tanzania, South Africa, etc. for sure, being in Canada or Mexico, I am at the end side of the planet’s time schedule cycle according to our reference, then… good night!
If you’re busy, there’s one good way to get rid of it (this works extremely well on airports and train stations): sit down, wait for a while. Eventually you won’t be busy any more.
Carolina. I’m please with the decent length of this post! Thank you for that!
I think an interesting article to write would be on how overwhelmed we all can get in the information society. I know I am not yet very good at developing wise strategies to handle it all. Maybe that would be a good discussion topic for our edtech group sometime?
I’m glad that you feel on track with a good feeling about the direction of your research after going to the conference. That is always a good sign.
Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Strategy 1: do not watch TV frequently, or do not watch TV.