Thing #2

Well, I am finally up and going!
I got a late start because of some lifelong learning opportunities I have started for the summer. I am volunteering at the Cockrell Butterfly Center both in the rainforest with the butterflies and in the greenhouses with the host plants and butterfly rearing. It has been a great learning experience and lots of fun! Even though I have done quite a bit of butterfly gardening at home and at school, I am always wanting to learn more-- and this opportunity to work behind the scenes has really expanded my knowledge and interest.
So I guess my strength would have to be in the habit of taking responsibility for learning and creating my own learning toolbox by seeking out opportunities to learn through reading, workshops, classes, friends, and the web. I'm also pretty good about passing on the things I have learned to teachers, students, and friends who are interested.
I feel the hardest habit for me is taking the necessary time to "play" enough with the new technologies so that using it really is to my advantage and saves me time instead of taking more time. By nature, I just have never been a person who could sit at a desk or computer for long periods of time. But since I live with a techy husband and teenager, we have wireless at home and I can now sit out in my hammock in my garden and watch the birds , squirrels, and butterflies while I do my 23 things!