Developing Usable Experiences

Preparing for class and the long term

January 7th, 2009 10:02 pm —  12 views

chicago_sculpture While the semester started yesterday or today, I won’t have my first class until next Monday. I have a growing stack of articles to read in preparation and I’m starting to feel that anxious twitch of “must work on homework.”

There are so many things converging between work and school I feel I’m always in the same conceptual realm. Not that I don’t keep looking for the next thing.

Which makes me think that maybe the next thing is always that; the next thing. It isn’t going to be the thing that completes you. Unless it’s a bullet or something.

So while I brace myself for another 15 week marathon of assignments, reading, and constant attention, I think about why I’m doing all this and whether it is going to be useful to my future. It’s turning out to be quite an investment.

Regardless of what the future holds, what I’m learning is valuable because it forces my brain to see beyond the fences repetition build. Seeing beyond, learning to recognize the short term from the long term is what education is about. Short term is important, but long term matters more.

Once I get into classes though time will fly by. I predict blog posts, more post-it notes, and repeated whiteboard use.

I keep reminding myself that school is good, the lessons valuable, the experience irreplaceable. Time will tell of course.

The long term just goes on.

Image: A picture taken in October trip to Chicago. Came upon this between two buildings and liked the juxtaposition of shapes.

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