![]() ![]() ![]() The election cycle had me enmeshed in social media, leading me to consider some serious de-teching resolutions in 2017. Technology - Here’s What Happens to Tech in 2017 (Unless 2016 Was All a Dream) And to healthy resolutions (laughter being the best medicine), I’ll just leave this bonus list right here.ĥ. White House photographer, Pete Souza, reflects on the Obama presidency in one of my favorite list mediums, a photo series. The presidential election was certainly was a significant marker of 2016, and the issue of fake news cycles signaled renewed attention to digital information literacy for libraries. The Election - Behind the Lens: 2016 in Photographs But you should really check out the time research of Dawna Ballard who was the 2016 ER&L conference opening keynote speaker.Ħ. Similarly, this 5-minute read from Fast Company gives a positive strengths-based approach to time management. ![]() His work is one among many built upon positivity research. One of the professional colleagues who passed this year, Shane Lopez, was the author of Making Hope Happen. Time Management - How to Design Your Time Rather… This year I finally have a morning yoga routine down, and hope to kick it up a notch in 2017 by adding these moves back in during the day.ħ. The stretches my chiropractor recommended were a lot like these, but not nearly as fashionable or fun. Reduce Stress - De-Stress at Your DeskĪfter a back injury two years ago, I’ve made fits and starts at keeping up an exercise practice. Less reasonably, I was even able to get all the way to Hawaii! In 2017 my focus will be going offline, building relationships, and taking more chances, all helping me with meta list items 5, 3, and 2 below.Ĩ. One of my 2016 resolutions was to do more perfectly reasonable travel (#4 on this list), which I did to two neighboring states this year. I have since put many more to use during stresses like the tenure review process and reorganizations. I first learned some of this list’s tips during my involvement in organizational and staff development work at my institution - #1 through Brene Brown’s vulnerability research and #3 through mindfulness. Happiness - 15 Things Incredibly Happy People Do So, I’ve resolved to relearn and practice coping skills for anxiety and stress at work this coming year.ĩ. Knowing firsthand the physical effect of stress on one’s health, and the reverse benefits of de-stressing, death can be a brutal reminder of the stakes involved. Navigating this brought to mind the list above and an American Libraries article on death cafes in libraries. In 2016, I experienced death in my professional life as well. So, loss and grief have since then been particularly acute themes this time of year. Then again, the first of the year marks the death anniversary of a dear friend and my first experience of losing someone very close to me. Maybe I’m just becoming more aware of it as I age. It feels like 2016 brought a lot of death. Death – The 10 Best and Worst things to say to someone in grief Answering the New Year’s call for reflection, I thought I’d put a meta twist on the top ten themes from my 2016 and some 2017 resolutions in response to the same.ġ0. As a librarian this has always been my go-to symbol of all things meta - metadata and (my favorite) the you-don’t-know-what-you-don’t-know problem. I’d close the mirrors on my leg or arm, slide around in there and watch my appendages travel into infinity. It had this closet of two large mirrored doors opening to a floor-to-ceiling mirror. ![]() One of my favorite things to do as a kid while my mother practiced the organ was play in the church’s bridal suite. ![]()
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