This world of ours is a-changing, making it harder and harder for some of us to keep up. I have always been the type to stick to the old-fashioned ways. I'm that girl who chose a record player over an iPod dock for my bedroom. That same girl who had a lot of trouble letting go of her 1991 Toyota Corolla with its manual locks and cassette player. The same girl who prefers to use up every electronic device she's ever owned until the day they died, not really caring how out-dated they were. That's just how I've always been. Which makes it that much harder for me to keep up with all the technological advancements and social media mayhem.
The thing is, I'll catch myself doing just that. Not necessarily because I absolutely have to, I do have a choice, but because I'm choosing to. I'm choosing to keep up with the world and stay connected. But
I'm doing it in a way that helps me grow...not necessarily for the sake of just doing it to keep myself entertained.
There's
Twitter for example. At first, I was really hesitant to use it because I didn't really see the point. It's basically a website that's made up of
Facebook-like statuses...how would that help me? But then, my Public Relations rotation happened during my dietetic internship, and one day I found myself following over 100 Registered Dietitians (RDs) all over the nation. RDs who took
Twitter utilized it to share everything nutrition-related...current studies, weight-loss tips, trendy foods, restaurants' effor
ts to get healthy, supplement reviews, etc. (I get excited just thinking about it!) Checking up on
Twitter updates became a part of my life, a new stream of information implanted into my brain that I absolutely admire, a new source of inspiration and motivation that I've never encountered before. And all it took was me putting in that extra effort to figure out what it's all about.
Not only is it an
amazing source of information in the dietetics field, it's
also a window to
network like never before. I get to know these RDs not only in a professional level, but personal level as well. As odd as it's going sound, these
RDs hold a special place in my heart. The little person tidbits of information that do channel through these Twitter streams, remind me that these people on my monitor and/or Blackberry screen are real people, just like me, determined to save the world and its obesity epidemic and other health-related problems...one tweet at a time. It's really quite amazing.
And you know what? I can honestly say that I would trade in my record player, Toyota Corolla and outdated electronic devices any day for a chance to see the world in a whole new light.
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It's that time of the year again...when coffee shops and libraries alike are packed with college students studying for finals. When traffic to and from the city, seems to take three times as long as it did without the snow. When children of all ages are out throwing snow balls, making snow angels, following the foot prints in the snow of the person walking in front of them. When Santa makes his list and checks it twice. Who has time to be stressing out about just what in the world to do next with our lives?
