"Crazy"
OK, so, I missed my blog deadline this time around and it made me think of how crazy our lives can get. I am not so sold on the benefits of multi-tasking. So here is a YouTube link to Gnarls Barkley (CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse) singing "Crazy". At the bottom, I included a copy of the lyrics from the St. Elsewhere Album. It’s really fitting for all of us, I believe. Parents, educators, students, administrators, support staff. Craziness is for anyone who is putting themselves out there to make our world a better place.
Feel free to slow down and take 5 minutes to enjoy a song not usually connected to what we do, and is inspiring in its own way!
As we all strive for control over our lives, it seems many of us (attempt to) do this through schedules. In our paperless office, I find I still need the print version of a calendar to ground me on a daily basis.
Here is a little of what I have learned over the years:
Digital calendars/schedulers:
- Great for portability
- Great for ease of adjustability
- Easily searchable, depending on how it was set up
- Easy to set repeating appointment
- And my favorite
- Great for color coding/categorizing
- And my favorite
- Downside:
- Too easy to misdate or delete something
- You can see what you erased!
- Easier for me to see a week at a glance.
- I am able to glance at weeks more quickly.
- Easier to quickly glance on the road.
- I can make notes right on the document.
- including…my mileage
- Downside:
- If you leave it at home, you are sunk.
- There is no one system that works for me and believe me, I have been looking for a long time.
- About the time I think I have a good system, I find it may be perfect on a desktop, but not on a mobile set up.
- Or it was better with a previous email system, but not a new one.
- Or a new data collection system changes my personal coding system.
And it is all good!
OK, anything useful here?- First of all, we all have to work with the materials at hand and the resources available.
- Decide how to visually organize your life and go from there.
- We also look at ourselves or who we are considering.
- So this is where the feature match comes in.
- I can be pretty flexible with some basic features and allowing myself to print out a working calendar document.
- Anything else is just crazy!
- These are more schedulers than organizers, but the list might get you thinking. These are a drop in the bucket I currently have eleven in a folder on my phone that I have explored.
- Google Calendar
- CalendarPro for Google – new feature - you can have multiple calendar windows op
- myHomework Student Planner App
Gnarls Barkley (CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse) singing "Crazy"
"Crazy" St. Elsewhere Album LyricsI remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place.
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space
And when you're out there
Without care,
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much
Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
Possibly [radio version]
probably [album version]
And I hope that you are having the time of your life
But think twice, that's my only advice
Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you're in control
Well, I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
Just like me
My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them
Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fun
And it's no coincidence I've come
And I can die when I'm done
Maybe I'm crazy
Maybe you're crazy
Maybe we're crazy
Probably
Uh, uh
Credit AZLyrics
Thanks! Julie
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Comments 1
Julie - love it! Thanks!