Procrastination is pandemic. We tend to put things off that we find hard to get started, or things that we dislike. A little snowball turns into an avalanche. For want of a nail the horse was lost. Little things mean a lot. Don’t put your future on the back burner.
If we can jump like the frog-hopper, that’s a great big leap for humankind!
Hop to it now and happy leap year!
Musically yours, Amy Zents
I wasn’t going to blog on Saturdays, but since I have time today I will. Today I was thinking about simplicity in education. So much of knowledge is free for you in our time. You don’t have to buy any books or any informational secrets. There are no secrets. It’s all out there for you. And it’s free. I predict in the future, all book-based education will be free, and all skills-based education will be as it was in the past, based on apprenticeship, counsels, guilds, or networks. I believe professional organizations will definitely continue to exist.
Show me, tell me, let me learn. Academic learning has it’s place, but I do not believe that it is the highest form of learning for every field. The Ivy Leaguers admit that their tuition is higher, but that is no guarantee of any future prosperity or occupational success. What it takes is up to the individual. Once you get into your profession, you are responsible only for yourself, and whether you rise or fall will be based on your capabilities of listening, understanding, and performing to the best of your ability. “Follow your heart,” means you need to get a good education that is applicable to what you aspire to, and then trust your gut. You will be taught well: either by someone else, a book, or yourself!
Musically yours, Amy Zents
Sometime in the future I predict we will be able to call a Medical Center and ask for a medical procedure without having to go through a receptionist. Perhaps we could push a button to make an appointment. Perhaps such a thing already exists and I have no clue about it. I recently found out our Medical Center is offering Botox injections. I decided to call and make an appointment for a consultation. My reception was met with confusion. I had to repeat 3 times the nature of my call. It made me feel very shameful and embarrassed to have to explain over and over again what I wanted. I raised my voice, and lowered my tone: “Botox,” I said, again. Finally, they told me they needed to talk to the nurse and they would have to call me back. I felt an ache in the pit of my stomach. I would have preferred to deal with an impersonal menu button. It got me thinking about other people who need to call about medical appointments. Does the receptionist need to know all the details of your visit? A nurse finally called me back. She told me they will not be getting started with the Botox until March. They said the scheduler will call me back in order to put me on the list. Someone just called me and said they were only just informed about this new service and they are still awaiting approval on it. I will go in Monday at 830am for a consultation. I went to a hair salon to have my hair done and spoke to the hairstylist about it yesterday. She said I didn’t look as if I needed Botox. Bless her lovely heart.
It was like Instant Karma. I was just talking about my dog’s teeth cleaning and extraction, when somehow one of my bottom teeth snapped and I lost part of a filling. So now I need to go to the dentist and get the tooth edge smoothed off until I can get in for a drill and re-fill, or crown.
Interestingly enough, since I am planning a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia soon, I researched our founding fathers and found out that Paul Revere, the patriot and silversmith learned dentistry under a Mr. Baker, and made dentures and practiced forensic dentistry.
I went to the dentist and it cost over $61 just to shave down the rough part of my tooth and now it will cost another grand to get a crown. Just don’t ask me to put on a pinafore and act in one of those History Channel shows as Martha Washington. That is the big gripe with my dentist, how all those actors with their shiny, white smiles in no way resemble the real early Americans with their rotten teeth. In fact the British noticed Americans teeth and said they were horrible. Now everyone says the British have the worst teeth. Thank goodness for modern dentistry. How far you have come!
Clever and/or greedy billionaires are investing in outer space. Celebrities and others are lining up to get on to a space shuttle to take them to the stars. What is the future fantasy in the minds of many scientists and would-be space travelers? Do they imagine a future of life in outer space? What do people think when the earth becomes more populated and the issue of immigration seems to plague our planet? Could the solution be moving out, traveling to a new life on a space station, getting a job in harvesting asteroids for their valuable resources, or just hanging out on a vacation resort near the moon?
How about those who collect and capture asteroids for living? Who would monopolize those assets? Why do I raise such a question? Because just like history shows, it’s the new Golden Rule: he or she who has the gold rules! Who owns the universe? Nowadays, it’s not off limits to anyone anymore. Even better, we should ask ourselves, how can I get a piece of the pie or rather a piece of the sky? Perhaps Ralph Kramden has the answer: “To the moon Alice!”
As it stands, it seems that stuff takes over our life. I love the way it is when my husband and I go traveling. We have a clean organized hotel room, a limited amount of luggage, and a base to start from that is not all cluttered with things old and new. Like the song says, how much baby do we really need? I imagine people who do not want to do all the work of dispersing their worldly goods before they pass away, would do well with a service that provides them with a top-notch lifestyle with no strings attached. I hope someday to indulge in such a leasing lifestyle. If you covet a Tesla, lease it, you can charter a jet, you can rent a luxury purse or luxury Villa. Often they say ownership is nine tenths of the law and we’ve been brainwashed to accumulate and own, but since your time on earth is limited and you can’t take it with you, why not borrow or rent after you retire? Or better yet before you retire. It’s getting rid of things that I’m working on.
Someday soon we will all be using solar power as much as we use ordinary electricity daily.
Look out. I believe everything we have hooked up to power will be completely changed.
Not only do I feel we will be using alternative energy, I believe everything we use will be connected to our smartphones. Just by voice commands we’ll be able to do things without even touching them. This is the direction we are going. They say talk rules the world. I believe our voices will be able to command more conveniences in the future beyond our current imaginings. I just found out that Volvo is planning to make keyless entry for cars. They want you to be able to unlock the car with your smartphone. I just thought, “Great. If they steal your phone, they also get your car.”
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