Trading Card

It was so hard for me to find an image that not only worked but fit the description of my trading card. The end result turned out okay...it wasn't my favorite but it did work. There were a lot of neat cards that other library staff all over the world created.

Exploring Flickr

I've recently found a new passion in my life...and it all started when I was asked to do a favor for someone. I had to take care of a relative's parrot for a week; By the time they came back I didn't want to return their parrot. I had unknowingly grown attached to their pet. I immediately told myself I was going to get my own before I gave theirs back.

Well, the process wasn't so easy. I did my share of research and found out it is much better to get a baby bird from a private breeder rather than in the store where they live in large amounts and lack personal attention. Also, babies eventually grow on you because of all the attention you put forth. Rather than buying an adult bird, in which case they are harder to train.To make a long story short, I ended up purchasing not one, but two, baby Quaker parrots. They are the joy of my life! I have to hand-feed them 4 times a day...they are truly like little babies. All they do is eat and sleep (for now).

Setting Up a Blog/Creating a New Posting

I definitely enjoyed setting up a blog. It’s something I’ve attempted before but now that I followed through with this exercise I found it to be very exciting. You can customize everything to the way you like it which is great!

Thing 2: Lifelong Learning

This was very interesting however, I found that the slides took too long to be changed and I read faster than the voice reading to me. I enjoyed reading on my own and taking notes.

Overall, learning can be a bit overwhelming; especially with how fast paced technology is moving these days. I find it necessary to be up to date with all the latest and greatest (importantly because it is a high demand by our customers!). If you have fun with it then learning is not so bad!

The easiest of the 7 ½ habits for me would be a tough choice between teaching and mentoring others and play…I love working with other people and having fun with new ideas at the same time. I would say the hardest is beginning with the end in mind. Setting goals are somewhat easy once you make up your mind but sticking to it is the difficult part.