Information overload!
I hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving weekend (well, I guess that would be Columbus Day for you Americans) — I definitely did. Although the weekend didn’t go how I anticipated, it was still a very relaxing weekend, and a much-needed extra day off.
I was, unfortunately, not able to attend the Campoverde Thanksgiving Dinner as I’d hoped on Saturday night. I’m taking some new medication that really made me quite ill that day, and there was very little I could do — I am glad the side effects are starting to subside, and by Sunday afternoon I was feeling better. I did enjoy two delicious meals with friends on both Sunday and Monday though, which more than made up for my Saturday evening.
Which brings me to Tuesday, back at work, with a full plate of urgent work to be dealt with. I have to say, recently, with all the “connection” that the web brings, I’m finding myself really overloaded with information: This includes personal info about friends I care about via Facebook status updates, to professional tools and better ways to connect audience through social media. It seems like every day brings more and more information that I feel the need to stay on top of.
To be honest, it’s all getting a bit much. I’m finding myself letting go of important personal issues because I just can’t keep up with it all. This makes me a bit sad, though… For example I do absolutely care that “James” is having a bad night and just had a fight with his parter. I also want to drop a line to congratulate “Amber” who’s just gotten a promotion at work. Twitter just informed me that “Shane” is anxiously awaiting news about his mother, who is sick. Oh, and Lifehack has a great tool for free that I absolutely need for my XBox streaming.
Good grief.
One can only prioritize so much in a given day, and stay effective on both the personal and professional fronts. Something’s gotta give. But, before you say, well, it’s not like you know all these people in real life, so just let go of the issues at a distance… Unfortunately, I’m talking about people I care about, and are long-time friends I know in person.
So I ask you… How do you keep up with it all? Balls of Fury movie An American Affair film download dragon hunters free
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I don’t. Very simple. I keep up with as much as I can, and when it gets too much, I let it go and get on with the other things I need to do. When I have time again, I just go straight to the current stuff. Anything that I missed while I was offline from Facebook or LinkedIn just gets missed. I have found that if it’s really important for you to know, you always find out anyway. (Kind of like if you don’t bother to read newspapers, you always hear about the *really* big news anyway).
It’s really important not to let these things overwhelm your life. The world will keep turning, even if you miss a few updates
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I live by letting my PDA deal with the problems. If something comes up, I either postpone it an hour or day.
I eventually get to everything when it’s possible…might not be on time, but it gets what it needs.
I simply can’t and don’t keep up this kind of stuff. I could never understand why people want to get a blackberry. Why do you want to tied down by work 24/7, 365 days a year? You work hard and you play hard. I don’t care how high you’re up on the cooperate ladder, everyone needs a break from work.
That’s the reason I originally got my Palm. When it’s ‘crunch’ time, I powercrunch. When I get off work, I trust it’s there for when I get back.
Hilarious part? I bought my first one two Christmas’s ago…while homeless. rotflmbo. Not laughing at you Tawcan, just the irony. You made me genuinely chuckle tonight.