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Am I missing SOMETHING? Trying to be in all spaces at once

 


Class pulse check! I have been wondering if others have felt similar feelings that I have when it comes to missing some of the challenge opportunities or missing commenting and exploring other classmates' blogs, etc. I often reflect at the end of each week and think about ways to improve for the following week. Some weeks have improved, but I still need to overcome the obstacle of missing something! I offer myself grace in this situation as I engage a lot and in multiple contexts, but I am still missing something. I don't know if that ever goes away because it is not humanly possible to be at all places (even online spaces) at once. What do you do when you feel you have "missed" something? Do you set new goals for the following week? Do you have accountable partners? Do you have reminders? In addition to these probing questions, how do you handle the moments when you don't meet the goals you had set for the week? 

I am all for wanting to engage and engage in several spaces, as that is my personality, but I struggle to give myself grace when I do not get to those opportunities like I had wished. Especially the challenges, because they sound fun, but sometimes I need to remember to keep up with them. Do you feel tagging could help mitigate some of these "missed opportunities"? Like anything, practice makes perfect or improvements, and each week I will continue to practice new ways of engaging and challenging myself to engage and comment on classmates' posts that I might not have in previous weeks. 

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  1. Nancy NLes.June 11, 2023 at 10:56 PM

    Hi Johnnie! I definitely am feeling all the feels in your blog post. I check in through the different platforms throughout the week but still miss out on challenges or exploring classmates' blogs. After reflecting, I realized it is easier to engage if I wait until the end of the week, like Friday-Sunday, to catch up. This is usually because my current job is demanding and I am exhausted when I get home. Thankfully, my last day at my current job is this upcoming Tuesday and now I may have more time to fully engage! My goal this upcoming week (and future ones) is to engage early in the week and tackle one platform daily or every other day. It's hard managing all the platforms. This is why I deleted my Twitter and Facebook account and only kept Instagram...it was an overload for my brain!

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  2. Double MJune 15, 2023 at 10:12 PM

    Hey Johnnie, we are all right there with you! I feel like as soon as I decide to complete a challenge I see a few more popping up, lol! I remind myself that I don't have to do it all, yet I want to be emerged in the course as much as possible. At this point, I am just taking it one day at a time.

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  3. Dzine2learnJune 24, 2023 at 4:05 PM

    I like the design of your site. What do you think about Blogspot.

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