Why blogging?

Sharing is good. Share to reduce the resources scarcity.

Life in some way, always provide us with the tentative answers to resolve some of the most troubling problems of our times- The resources scarcity. One feels sad to see that some people have abundant resources at their disposal whereas some people barely have resources to meet their daily requirements. The divide between the rich and poor is growing steadfast, even when the policy makers and societal strivers are trying hard to come up with rather humble schemes to uplift the deprived sections of the society. 

Have we ever pondered over as to why this divide is growing. The answer to this question lies into the very way of how we consume our own resources. This thought penetrated into my mind, while i was taking an un-announced class at the NGO where i am working as a volunteer teacher. 

So, let me narrate the proceedings of the class that made me left thinking about this resource crunch issue faced our own society. 

I always plan my classes in advance. I read through the chapters thoroughly, consult the teachers and then select & design a suitable activity for the session. Since i want the concept to get across, I ensure that resources are simple, easy to use and enable children to think intuitively about the concept as they explore. Also as i want children to completely participate in the process of discovery and derive utmost joy of learning, i request them to keep some basic resources/supplies always handy with them. This is about my planning for the class ...but that day was an exception. 

Unannounced i walked into the class and began teaching them. The topic was making basic shapes using matchsticks. To make the class more engaging, the children had to first listen to the clue, guess and make the shape basis their guesses. We were almost set to do the activity when we just realised that we don't have enough GLUE in the class to carry out this activity. Further, to add to our misery, i realised that we just have a BOTTLE OF GLUE. What do we do now? i asked the children. A child sitting in far corner of the room shouted , "Miss...miss, why don't you give little DROP of GLUE to each one of us?". Listening to the child, I instantly got sparkles in my eyes. It was as if somebody had just showed me LIGHT amidst no hopes. The child was so right in his thinking. We can just share and resolve this GLUE SCARCITY faced by the class. So, i gave some droplets (or blob) of GLUE to all the children and the class successfully completed this activity. Honestly, GLUE true to its nature, bonded us as one UNIT. 

After the class got over, i started introspecting about the inequitable distribution of resources between the rich and poor. Some people have more, some less and some practically nothing. What if we can share the resources such that everyone has just enough? Can redistribution or sharing of resources reduce the gap between the rich and poor? What means or mechanism we can deploy, so that resources can get shared and reaches the people in need? How can we make a richer, a little less rich and a poorer, a little less poor? Do think about it?

Organising things to make yourself organised

Recently I was reading an article that said, “the lesser organised you are, the more efficient worker you are”, and I started wondering. How can one become efficient when everything around that individual is in utter chaos? Since i am an astute believer of experiencing/doing things on my own before offering an opinions and viewpoints, i decided to revisit my work days and dig through how organised or unorganised I used to be and its impact on my efficiency.  

At workplace I have this habit of doing anything and everything. So, if the work demands me to create as well as do market feasibility blueprint simultaneously, I won’t shy away from the assigned responsibilities. Though this being a good quality, it also leads to bombardment of more work than you can actually handle. An old saying but true, “When you have too much on your plate, you just don’t know what to do when”. This has happened with me all the time. It is thus important to plan and prioritise your to-dos.

Here are some organising help techniques that i recently stumbled upon and have found them very useful (http://muralmaker1.blogspot.in/2013/01/organize-stuff-online-new-series.html). I have adapted the suggested technique to fit the requirements of this article per say.These narrow down filtering technique done using Why-What-How-When, can help you in getting organised as well as systematise the work flow both offline and online.

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Why?

Begin by listing down all your to-dos and write down your goals for each action (short-intermediate-long).While you are doing this critical task, keep asking yourself the following, "why are you doing whatever it is you do?". Doing this will help you in deciding the priority of each thing so they don’t ALL feel important.

What?

What do you do for each item. For instance,I am an aspiring entrepreneur, meaning I have an idea and plan to set up my own business. Having an idea is just not enough and this is where the 'what I do' comes into picture. To translate my idea into a valuable business preposition or venture, I must begin by researching the said domain. So, I might develop a mini market research template, reach out to people who can provide valuable insights, read research reports, develop plan of action and much more.

How?

How do you perform the action? Computer?Call?Email?Networking?Social Networking?Presentations etc.

When?

Each task that you would have listed as part of your TO-DO seems important an in-fact are important. However prioritisation helps you to set allocate time to each and every tasks. So prioritisation helps you in setting time for the tasks i.e. WHEN, you can do the various enlisted tasks.

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I have shared my views on how one can organise oneself. Well, how do you go about organising yourself and how it has benefited you. Do share your self organising techniques that you have been practising for a while now.

Tracking blog postings through a simple template

As I am thinking on ideas, themes and topics for my blog, I am also thinking on ways to effectively plan my blog postings. In past as well, I have tried to set up a blog account, but failed miserably. One of the reasons could be to do with my habit to overtly plan stuffs (hoping to make it perfect from the beginning itself). Sometimes, I fail to realise that blogging needs to be done religiously and perhaps made part of the routine. 

Getting to know me

Not sure as to how many of you will agree to this view of mine but believe me or not, it is always so difficult to scribble things about yourself. When I finally decided to start with blogging, I felt an instant need to let people know about me (who am I???) and what pushed me into blogging. So, here I am trying my best to introduce myself and then in next post share my ideas on what pushed me into blogging. 

My name is Khushboo. It is a persian word which means fragrance or good smell. You may be thinking that she might be getting loads of compliment on this lovely name. To your disbelieve, I rarely used to get compliment on my names, especially when I was growing up. My fellow classmates used to distort my name by calling me Badboo..badboo (meaning, "bad smell"). I told my parents about this mocking and they told me something nice- Never let trivial things affect you, as they are harmless. A piece of advice which I use whenever things starts bothering me. 

A wanderer by heart and nature, I have always believed that the world is my place and territorial boundaries are just there to help us track and control our lives and movements. 

A self confessed 'doer', I firmly believe in doing or trying things myself first before sharing ideas, thoughts or things with others. 

Having worked for 6 years (sporadically) in couple of industries and played few roles, I have developed deep seated interest in area of Education and Technology i.e. Fostering learning through use of technology solutions. Market research with emphasis on user psychology for education products, is another area that has caught my fancy. 

A wishful thinking.. but I hope that someday we all can express ourselves in a constructive way that benefits the society at large. 

What is your wishful thinking? What skills do you think our GenNEXT should have that could lead to wholesome development of our society?