Now Featuring… Twitter

So as much as I find it hard to keep up with my Blogs (This one and the photo Blog)

But, I’ve been twittering like crazy.

What is twitter?
Well I suppose it’s a little difficult to explain.
What is to me is a little more easy.

I use it to update people as to what I’ve been doing.
(A more consistent-powerful facebook status line)

To ask questions… and get a quick fast response from knowledgable people.
(Twitter users are the type that are vocal and consistantly check the people they follow)

Make suggestions… tell people about great sites and other finds.

See suggestions… in the same respect I usually enjoy all of the suggestions that people I respect make.
(I’ve found some really great sites and kept to date on important news notes as they break)

Network… A great way to connect yourself to people that might be beneficial to know.
(And to get people to know about the stuff that you do)

Recently I’ve been refering people to my twitter page when they ask what I’ve been up to… because I went on a week long trip and there was so much that I did it was easier than repeating myself a dozen times. In a way it was to help them get familiar with the service… not that I would have minded too much talking with them on the phone and sharing some of the highlights.

So use it… or at least check my feed from time to time.

More apt

yes i used the word apt
And it’s not the abbreviation for apartment.

So I’d like to state that we are more apt to do things more aptly after we have done them first a few times.

For many people doing new things is a welcome event.
For others not so much.

We either like to stick in our comfort zone.
Or explore the possibilities
Or both.

There are those things that we won’t aptly and easily do.
But then things happen and we find our self doing it
(either because we want to or we have to or just because that’s the way it happened)

But then after having done it once (or a few times) we are no longer hesitant to do that thing.

I was thinking of examples…
But really it works with everything!

You’ve heard this theory before in other words.
“Actions become habits”
That’s probably a saying somewhere in the book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective people (Covey)

I guess my deeper realization is the fact that I’ll drive to Salt Lake City much more apt to drive there for almost any reason now days.
Before it would take some self-cohercing and some type of big deal to get me up there.
Now I do it almost without thought.

What made that change?
Well… just doing it a lot.
Having a job where I did it every day certainly didn’t hurt.

So the moral to this story!

Do stuff you haven’t done before
Eat somewhere new
Listen to new music
Play games you’ve never played before
Do something cultural you haven’t done before

Just basically do things so that when you find yourself in need or you decide it’s beneficial
You’ll be more apt to do it.

It doesn’t mean you have to make these all into regular occurences or hobbies.
That’s for another discussion the things  you should be doing with your time and things that are best for your life.

But for sure learning, exploring and being more rounded is one good thing!

And sometimes it just takes being more willing… and that will lead us to being more apt

No Effect

Yesterday on the way back from doing wedding pictures about 2 hours away I got super tired driving.
Keep in mind this is the middle of the day. 1-3pm happens to be one of the sleepiest times of the day for me.

It got me thinking about the things that people say get them “wired”

Perhaps I’m just not good at perceiving things but it doesn’t seem like I’m ever really effected by things that people say make them wired.

I’ve never noticed an effect from Sugar, caffeinated drinks… heck when I was a freshman in college i wanted to stay up and finish a paper and my graveyard-shift-working-roomate gave me nodoze… I took one, was still tired, took another and fell asleep.

I don’t think I’d notice an effect from an energy drink! Nothing…

So am I really numb to these things or am I just not cognicent to notice the effects?

There are some people that can drive non-stop and not get tired. I can’t drive at nights and I have a terrible time from about 1pm-3pm…

So the question is… what’s the deal with all of this? It’s a conundrum