Blank Pages

There is something special about a blank page. The rush of the beginnings of a new school year come to mind with all those spiral notebooks that are yet to be filled by the end of the semester. The waiting for the creative muse when starting a new journal of your thoughts, hopes, dreams and daily ramblings. The writer's block that can come with the blank page.

And in this case, the creative spark that comes when combining technology and work assignments to explore the cyber-world and all that it has to offer. While someone that really enjoys the written word I am looking forward to my second attempt at blogging. The first attempt was more private and personal. This attempt is while part of a work assignment for Learning 2.0 journey it is more formal in the sense I have control over the layout, settings and to some degree within reason my postings.

The 7 1/12 steps for Life Long Learners is for me an example of my professional life in general and also how I live my personal life. The easiest for me is the "mentoring of others"--that is what I like most about my library job--sharing what I learn with others and seeing that "spark" when someone "gets it". My co-workers frequently tease me with "WWJD" aka "What would Jeanette do" in situations and circumstances that I handle with ease. I find that a strong compliment. Also knowing that I'm thought of as the "answer lady" to a wide variety of things that especially revolve around my memory skills. The hardest is "viewing problems as challenges"...sometimes it is so easy to get bogged down in the problem that you truly do lose sight of the "end game" and what you can take forward from problem-solving.