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Dec 22

Lovely holiday (=stressy) season

Yes, it’s the holiday season! Fun, love and pleasure for young and old, friends and family with the traditional diners and gift giving spirit. Or, are you wondering how you will survive these coming weeks? I bet you don’t want to get caught up in the fast pace to the point of being stressed and exhaused. Do you have that perfect picture of the most special and unique Christmas in your head? Could you create that what you want? How about transforming stress into joy? Let’s not dig a hole but enjoy these comming special weeks with the ones you truly love. Read on and you’ll discover some tips to strive this holiday season, financially, emotionally and energetically.

Make your unique version of the holidays

What is the essence of this season for you? For me, it’s the joy of giving love. Guess what’s the essence of success?  It’s the unique gift to give and it’s – you! Do share this special gift with passion, enthusiasm, all year long.

Increase you self care and self maintenance

Is your goal to be health this whole holiday season? Are you really ready to commit to it? If that’s the fact, be aware that you need to take time just for yourself which means that you need to listen to your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs. These needs must be truly met and not ignored. Take the time to invest in yourself on all of these area’s because you’re special and unique and you know it.  Do you surround yourself with positive people? Are you aware that your own personal self talk is supportive and encouraging?

Do the things that give you joy and a smile

There are only two rules in this field. This first rule is ‘Do things that give you joy’ and the second rule is ‘No, really, do things that give you joy.’ Ask yourself the following question: ‘What makes you joyful?’ and to that what gives you joy ;)

Turn your resolutions into intentions

Did you know that 99% of people forget their resolutions by the end of January? Instead of going for those casualties, focus your intentions, rather than resolutions. An intention is not so much of a strong purpose or aim, but rather a field of energy that flows invisibly beyond the reach of our normal, everyday habitual patterns. We have the means to attract this energy to us and experience life in an exiting new way. I would like to invite you to try on this new perspective as you plan your new years intentions.

Take your time off = rejuvenate & enjoy

If you want to achieve your own unique and perfect version of the holidays, remember to schedule ‘me’ time to do nothing at all. For most of us, that is a alien concept outside our normal way of thinking. Let’s face it, we’ve been programmed to be human ‘doings’ rather than human ‘beings’. This holiday season do yourself a wonderful favor and commit to spending some time just ‘being’. Try it, you might even like the feeling like a human ‘being’ instead of a human ‘doing’.

Hereby I would like to wish you good, fun holidays and an inspiring, healthy, joyful and loving new year!

Kind regards,

Aikje Bouckaert

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Dec 2

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Why are women so stressed?

By all that’s happening in a really fast tempo around us but also in the world it actually isn’t strange that we’ve got a so called ‘stress-epidemic’. It’s time that we see that stress has it’s take on our health and wellbeing. Research has shown that consequences of stress has got a larger impact on women then men: women have a larger release of chemical ‘triggers’ for stress, hormones which stay longer in the body than that of a men. The female hormones can influence directly the stress response. Furthermore it appears that women are more sensitive for the physical symptoms of stress due to gender differences with the processing in the brains. Because of these biological differences are women more stress sensitiver then men. If you are a man do read on because the ‘To cool to do’ tips are applicable for everybody.

Multitasking and then being exhausted

All women are biologically able to do more things at the same time, yet we always seem to think that we lack to do what we believe we must need to do. Our brains are (pre-) programmed to multitask, but because we’re good at it we’ll try to achieve the extreme, ultimate goals and let’s try even more things; many women always think about doing more things then one at the same time. But when we take to much on our plate (Which women doesn’t do that?) we create a not so pleasant feeling also called ‘being under (extreme) pressure’ and the panic that we’re not able to do it. We often rush from one activity to the next task to the other one, this asks a lot from ourselves and we barely take time to relax. Women are also conditioned to for the wellbeing of others and to take care and try to please everybody. This tendency to care brings us to another higher stress level, because we want to do many things but then we realize that we are overloaded.

Out of a world wide research which has been done among women from between the ages of 13 and 65 years, the conclusion was that women with children under the 30 with children have the most stress. Working mothers have the guilt feeling that they ‘aren’t there’ for their child(ren). Women who choose to ‘stay at home’ and who put all their energy in raising the kids have the feeling that they are being isolated also because they don’t have a financial contribution to the family. When the men is the only breadwinner who makes over time, this could also be a source of frustration. In the opinion poll of the American Psychological Association (2008) before the worldwide financial crisis, some shocking facts about constant stress came out.

  • 44% of adults experience the negative consequences of their health because of stress
  • 95% of all visits to GP’s are about stress related affects
  • Stress has always been linked to 6 head-causes of death: Hart diseases, cancer, lung diseases, accidents, liver diseases and suicide.

If you truly understand what excessive stress could do to you, I hope you get inspired to trust your own strength, to cope with stress and make decisions to take good care of yourself, health, healing possibilities and enjoy life.

To cool to do:

  • Think of the positive things in life: Do you truly enjoy life? Are you truly lucky? Do you have a great family which helps you in any situation? Do you have thoughtful friends with a shoulder to cry on? Do you do something interesting in sports or hobby? Do you have some exiting things to look forward to do every week?
  • Have a positive mindset see the good things in life and to it in the tempo which you can handle, create your own rules and have your own opinion in other words do it your way.
  • Do it the easy and the comfortable way (you don’t need to wear that uncomfortable outfit or high heel shoes in which you can’t walk) and chill because everything is ok when you’re yourself in what you wear and who you are.
  • Have some me-time moments your for yourself, yes because you’ve earned it!
  • Enjoy nature by taking a lovely stroll outside.
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During one of my strolls outside I saw these gorgeous colored leaves.
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Aikje Bouckaert

Nov 22

Competing with different circumstances

Everybody is constantly competing with difficult circumstances, ups and downs and changes. This could lead to the fact that stress has become a part of you life. I guess it’s clear that this isn’t the normal load which we know, but more then a normal human being could endure. A sailor has got to control his sails when he is in a storm, and that is what one could do in the same situation but you could also get cold and into panic because you’ve forgotten all that you’ve learned.

The hardest part is to find out and also to recognize which circumstances cause stress in your life. The following subjects and tensions could arise:

Important events

The death of a dear one, divorce, sickness, or injury. They all have in common that they create tension in your life. But also the significantly lesser poignant events  like rehousing, live together will cause changes in your life, which could lead to the fact that you need to adjust yourself to the new situation. It doesn’t matter how great something could be, changes could lead to stress in your life.

Daily routine

Many of the important events in your life which cause stress will go away or in other words you have been able to cope with it in time. But there are some events with which you are confronted with on a daily basis, like standing in a traffic jam, never finding a seat to sit on in for example the train, this will go on and on, day in and day out. And you could get the feeling that this only becomes much more and a never ending story. You haven’t even realized that you had one annoyance and the next one is already happening. This could cause even more stress then you think, because you constantly do an appeal to your own energy and inner resources.

Becoming of age

You have to adjust yourself to mental and physical changes of yourself, this could ask more of you than you would expect. And could be one of the most important causes of stress, really when your hormone levels will change (with men around their 35th year and with women around their 40th year which could last around 5 to 10 years). This has a direct impact on your physical health and behavior, which can even lead to short-term memory loss and less energy.

All the above mentioned subjects could be the cause of stress, they could happen during the everyday things we do in life. We should be able to go easy with them but the fact of the matter is another story. Every change in your life could demand an adjustment and this could lead to stress. There are some things you could do to get your mind off these subjects try them and tell if they have helped you.

  • Play your favourite music (cd) which gives you energy while driving in the car and sing along (or just listen to your own playlist in the train). Yes, some fellow road users will look at you strangely, but you do it for yourself and not for them.
  • When you’ve got a lunch break or just at home try to go outside and have a lovely stroll outside and enjoy breathing fresh air. It can also be inspiring, just try to discover the small things in life and you’ll appreciate and learn something every day.
  • Last but not least try to drink more water. The most simple and easy way to get a better skin and to feel good.

Nature is really beautiful every season. Enjoy it with a lovely stroll outside!

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Aikje Bouckaert

Nov 7

Life’s a rollercoaster

This blogpost has been the most difficult one I’ve ever made and it took a while to find the courage and strength to write my feelings and things I’ve experienced these couple of weeks. I would like to dedicate this post to Ton Plekkenpol, don’t change heaven to much, I will meet you again, I know it. Have a good time with Steve Jobs and other brilliant people up there.

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Doesn’t everybody have the feeling that life’s a rollercoaster, with good/fun/creative/inspirational/happy moments and with weird/crazy/back to reality let’s smack your face moments on something really hard. When you really realize that we’re only human and made out of flesh and bones and life isn’t always only fun and games. It’s the hard realization that we’re here for a unique purpose temporarily and that everybody is special in their own way.

Two weeks ago I got the most horrible phone call from a good friend that he wanted to talk to my boss in a hurry. Ok, no problem I told him ‘But what’s going?’ on I asked him. He cried and told me that his best friend ‘Ton Plekkenpol’ a one in a kind, brilliant, inspiring, creative, crazy, fun, loving, hug giving person has died at the young age of 51. I actually thought that he made a joke coz I couldn’t believe it. Ton Plekkenpol was my business partner, mentor, creator of many beautiful things in the field of Cross Media, TV & Radio. He had the gift to connect unique people with their own specialities together and you touched people with your positive one in a kind ‘out of the box’ views and ideas. Young people are also the future in his eyes I hope they are also inspired by you to do and create good things for a better world for the coming generations. We’ve worked so hard we where in a work flow we’ve just started but unfortunately you are not here anymore, there where so many things we had planned to do. I’ll try my best to make our vision come true, it’s not going to be easy but I know you will guide us. I would love to make you proud and I hope to give the little knowledge I’ve been able to receive and the passion from you to others. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything.

This last week I’ve been living in a rollercoaster and in a horror story literately and figuraly it even made me ill. My mind is still playing games with me and that’s insane, I’ve got so many questions going through my head I can’t even explain it. I found the strength to read all his e-mails and I was able to organize and realize the work I need to do to achieve our vision, all the puzzle pieces fall slowly together in the right place. Friends say it’s emotions and that’s ok, I am absolutely grateful and blown away with all the love I got back from many people. One thing that I’ve learned this last week is that your should take care of yourself.  Take your relax moments and take care of yourself when you know you’ve reached that a point of overload don’t forget to listen to your body and be honest to yourself. When you’ve got such a busy schedule you got the feeling that you can’t even breathe, then it’s time to cancel some appointments. Take your time to discharge and to get back to yourself. Meditate, sport, go to a sauna or even take a couple of days off. When our bodies are used to this heavy feeling of tension it could become the shortest route to a burn-out and you don’t want to go there.

In other words ‘Dream as you’ll live forever, live like you’ll die today & enjoy life to the fullest’ coz life’s too short.

Oct 17

Out of your comfort zone

This is my first blogpost in two weeks, yes there where many people who have asked me why didn’t you write a post? Good question! I guess I was really busy and I’ve been traveling like crazy (read, also stressed I love those traffic jams) started to study again. I’ve got the feeling that I’ve been living in my car the last few weeks for my job and I’ve done a lot of overtime (don’t worry, coz I absolutely love my work), before I knew it I was in France and I’ve done some crazy, funny things with some creative, innovative & inspirational persons all in preparation to do some genuine crossing through different media’s when the time is right. I’ll keep you updated of my next adventures. One of the things that I’ve really learned these last few weeks is just to enjoy each moment to the fullest even though I was out of my comfort zone often. It’s important not to lose oneself and just to have some ‘Me time’ even though you’re so busy. Me I love to take a relaxing long warm bath, have a facial & read some good books/magazines and also a lovely diner with friends & family does wonders.

Enjoy the lovely view (of France) wherever you are ;)

Often you know what you’re going to do every day, there are many things which have a recurrent repetition often you don’t even realize this. And when you do something different, crazy also called ‘organized chaos or out of the box’ you are directly out of your comfort zone. But not every type of stress or effort has negative consequences for your performance. If that was the fact there wouldn’t be any mountain climbers, depth-sea divers, (fast) car drivers, or in other words people who look for excitement. These people are able to cope with stress in such a good way, that the situation or conditions in which they it doesn’t matter because they still have full control. In our daily lives stress can manifest itself in unwanted physical or psychological tension. At our work, studies etc. stress often arises when we’re busy to get all the things that need to be done on time. When this pressure becomes to high, some people have the feeling that they lose control over the situation. The reason for this is that stress could influence our ability to think clearly. This pressure can be less when you recognize the symptoms and take the right repercussions (read the facts to find out more of the symptoms). There are also many people who care for others and you probably forget to take care of yourself. But the fact is if you’re not healthy and feeling good, you will not be the only one to suffer, but also those in your care will. What you do for work isn’t easy and you probably don’t have much time every day for youself, it’s important and crucial to reduce the stress level whenever possible to have a good health and good state of mind. So do take a deep breath, and please read on. Here come some surprising simple stress busters tips ;)

1. Laugh
Laughing for one minute is the equivalent to 15 minutes on an exercise bike or 10 minutes on a rowing machine. Laughter can reduce stress hormones, boost your immune system and lower your blood pressure. So pop in an old comedian dvd, read your favorite comic strip, turn on Comedy Central, call a friend who makes you laugh or pull out some old photos albums. Go ahead: laugh out loud! Yes, you can do this!

2. Enjoy routine tasks
Instead of rushing through the day on auto pilot, elicit the relaxation response while you’re doing simple household tasks, like folding laundry or washing dishes. They may seem tedious and tiresome, but the repetitive quality of activities like these can actually have a soothing effect by short-circuiting stressful thought patterns. The key is to focus your attention on a particular aspect of what you’re doing, such as putting a crease in your pants as you iron them, which will keep your mind from drifting to more stressful thoughts. Focusing on relaxation with you favorite music on the background while doing chores doesn’t take any longer, but it does take away from stress.

3. Reinvent your vocabulary
Words have a powerful influence over ones mind. Think positive thoughts and use positive words. You don’t need to buy a dictionary and start learning lots of fancy new words. Just ban two simple words from your vocabulary … and add one important one. Never say the words ‘I can’t’ again. Saying things like ‘I can’t do it anymore’  is a defeatist attitude that is an absolute recipe for failure. And from failure comes stress. So don’t say ‘I can’t’ just say ‘I’ll try’. And here’s a word that many caregivers need to add to their vocabulary: ‘No!’ It’s one of the first words that babies learn — and they use it often. But as adults, this word seems to have slipped from our vocabulary. Learn how to say  ’No’ because you know your limits and stick with them, whether in your personal or professional life.

4. Talk slower
Whenever you feel overwhelmed by stress, practice speaking more slowly than usual. You’ll find that you think more clearly and react more reasonably to stressful situations. Stressed people tend to speak fast and breathlessly. By slowing down your speech you’ll also appear less anxious and more in control of any situation that comes along your path.

5. Get a haircut
Beautify yourself! Invest in a good haircut, adopt a 5-minute makeup routine or get out of those sweat pants. Looking good makes you feel better. Even if you just do a quick swipe of blush, mascara and lipstick, you’ll feel better. A funky necklace or a great pair of earrings can quickly lift your spirits — even if you’re not leaving the house take care of yourself just for yourself!

6. Stop counting calories
Counting calories every single day can be very tiring, stressful, and makes you even hungrier! Instead, focus on making healthy food choices. Eat a diet rich in fruits, veggies, beans, and whole grains that is high in water content and fiber and you’ll feel full and be less inclined to overeat or eat unhealthy foods. And in turn, this will reduce the stress connected with weight gain and self-blame. Don’t forget to move your ass, take the stairs instead of the evaluator or escalator. Walk outside and take a fresh breath form being inside all day long, it’s good for you and your health.

Sep 27

Going to fast?

Also got the feeling that you’re moving to fast? Nearly everybody is in such a hurry nowadays that we don’t even take time to stop and smell the lovely roses. Can you hear yourself saying ‘I don’t have time’? did you know that we waste a lot of time searching for things. We literally and figurally spend hours each day looking for keys, shoes, matching socks and purses etc. etc.

From the moment we wake up in the morning and collapse into our pillows at night, our bodies are in constant state of chaos. We are used to do nearly the same things every day that we can’t even get out of the merry-go-round. Often we don’t even feel stress because our bodies have become immune to the adrenaline.

At one time our bodies will be the victim of the over-flow of adrenaline and our immune systems go insane. Our bodies can’t fight off colds and our heads hurt, then you find out that your muscles and joints hurt. Yes, our bodies are rebelling and what can we do to stop it?

Many people have two speeds: ninety miles per hour or zero miles in stop stand. Yes, we all fell invincible when we are in full throttle. And there is also that magic word a lot of people love to say ‘multitasking!’ and where proud of it. In reality most things are often half done and really never finished.

Try to implement the following simple set of little rules to enjoy your ride of life more ;)

1. Keep everything clean, tidy and shiny as possible, it’s easier to work in a workable space.

2. Make time for yourself to do the things you love to do. Like reading, listening to music, sports etc.

3. Don’t try to multitask, just do one job at a time.

4. When you’ve finished a job be proud of that achievement, it gives you the energy to do all the other tasks good.

5. Smile even when you don’t feel like it, it’s really contagious try it out.

6. Pamper yourself, coz you know you deserve it.

These simple rules can help you get rid of some stress, post them somewhere you will be able to see them and try to implement them ;)

Everybody deserves to have a little peace in ones life. Peace begins with you and go with the waterflow of life!

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Aikje Bouckaert

 

Sep 15

Self-image

Materialistic values

When do you count in our society? When you are really wealthy, good looking, if your environment respects you highly or even put you in the spot light all the time? Of course, it’s also about your personality at least that’s what we’re always saying, but nobody escapes the dominant values of our society and in our society it’s the material things and values which will give you high scores: you are what you’ve got. What you think that you’re worth, that’s what you decide in relation with what others have. In a materialistic society you five value on your appearance and the stuff that you’ve got. This could give you uncertainty in your own identity, because an inner guidance is missing. This uncertainty could lead to undirected impulse to buy and obsessive attention for your own appearance.

Commercials

Commercials play with you feeling that you need be part of this society and to seduce you with impulse purchases. You’ve got the feeling that you need to score at any cost, even if it will be at the expense of your environment. The impulsive decisiveness which have materialistic motives, undermine the good feeling about yourself. You could try to change and use a simple shopping list, stick with it and you will be contented with yourself. You’re not less then somebody else if you don’t have a flat screen tv.

Plastic surgery

More men and women are not happy and contented with their own appearance and are willing to do something about it. A lot of clinics have grown so fast from the ground to cope up with the demand. Sometimes people are happy with big breasts, rounder chin, changed eyebrows, corrected nose or lifted eye lids. But often something goes wrong, leaking implants, shifting silicons – and not to forget psychologically. ‘Doctor great that I’m so thin, but I don’t think I’ll ever be in balance’. Especially people who have done so many jobs to themselves, find it difficult to create a new self image with their changed bodies. Often the environment reacts not positively in this situation. ‘I don’t recognize you anymore.’ ‘You’re not the same you.’ ‘You’re not special anymore.’ Who tries to be and look as ‘normal’ as possible – could risk to lose a part of your unique identity – because that’s the deviation of the norm called ‘normal’.

Idealistic me 

Keep in your mind the idealistic picture of you, but realize and embrace that you don’t meet up with this ideal-you (not) yet. Look at yourself as somebody who develops him/herself constantly – you’ll enjoy life more this way. Love yourself it doesn’t hurt you and enjoy your successes and discover your hidden talents, try to learn from your mistakes and realize that nobody’s perfect.

Enjoy just being the unique person you are. Love nature and your family, friends, colleagues etc. try to enjoy the small things in life =)

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Kind regards,

Aikje Bouckaert

Sep 6

Bye Bye Vacation & Hello Work!

To have vacation is always lovely I hope you have enjoyed it to the fullest, but there comes a point when normal life starts again. You have to go to work, students & children go back to school, in and around the house shores and work is there to be done. With other words: How to prevent stress after your vacation?

After a good vacation it’s not so difficult to fall from a sunny vacation cloud into the daily routine of life.  Try to prevent an after-vacationdip. Nobody will tell you it’s easy, but the following tips could help you to prevent after vacation stress.

Vacation book

Make together with your children, family a good vacation book. You could put all your vacation memories  in it  like photos, receipts, flyers or even some sand from your vacation destination. This is fun for later to show friends and family, it’s also easy to make this book digitally online (of course without the sand part ;) .

Back to work

When you’re back from vacation, don’t go to work immediately. Try to take 1 or 2 days off to acclimatize, chill and relax at home. You’ll have good fresh energy when you start :)

Time for yourself

You actually need a moment for yourself everyday, just a moment in which you do something you just love to do. Listen to music, read a good book or just make a good stroll outside and enjoy the fresh air. It actually doesn’t matter what you do, just do something that makes you happy and which gives you energy.

Local Dish/Food/Cuisine

Cook something at home what you’ve been eating on your holiday destination. In this way you still get that holiday feeling back and it could take your mind back to that sunny destination where you’ve experienced all those adventures.

Goals

In your vacation you’ve got enough time to think of things you would like to achieve, set you own personal goals. Often after the holidays many persons don’t do anything with those goals. Try do make a change and make those goals work! You will notice that you’ll gain energy and you will be proud of yourself when you’ve reached those goals!

Sport

Go and do sport! You will hit two birds with one stone, because you’re taking care of your body, being healthy and you’ll lose those extra vacation kilo’s. Go with you friend, husband, or even somebody else and get them from their lazy chair and ‘Work it out!’. Together it’s more fun and it’s also easier to maintain and to keep yourself motivated and if nobody wants to go with you, go alone and ‘Do you’re thing!’.

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Aug 18

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Spirituality and stress

Stress seldom comes from work or tasks which are hard. Stress comes from goals which we set ourselves, our own ambitions and the expectations of others. Monks in a monastery and also people who work for an organisation have the same inconviniences. One need to ask oneself when it’s good enough. Decide your own measurement and take responsibility to do the work you need to do in such a way in which your soul will be contented.

When we have to use violence to our soul to deliver good work, it could be of influence to the quality of the work. If we don’t get carried away and cross our boundaries, one can deliver even more and better work.

A simple spiritual exercise which you could to at your work is simply doing your work good. It’s important to do work which fits you as a person. When your work offers you challenges for which you need to address your own talents, the chance will be big that you will have fantastic results.

Tips:
- Think about the moments when you give 100% of yourself for your work. Experience how you feel during those moments and what it will give you and your organisation when you show a commitment of 100%.
- Everyday when you go back home mention a couple of things you’ve done, name at least three things you’re proud of and contented with.

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Aug 7

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Tech stress

There are many individuals nowadays who feel a little overwhelmed by the technology confronting you on a daily basis. Guidelines and simplicity are often far away and to difficult to take in track of.

Don’t worry coz you’re not alone. A study by Cambridge University showed that a third of people have felt overwhelmed by technology, from e-mail to Twitter and Facebook. They also found out that feeling stressed about communication technology can lead to general feelings of dissatisfaction in ones life.

I guess you’re thinking it’s only the baby boomers and traditionals, you’re wrong. The same study found out that about 38 percent of young tech users (ages between 10 to 18) also felt cofounded by too much tehnology.

What makes technology so bewildering?
- Sophistication and development of everything
- More choises. Each type of gadget has competitors and quick technology changes
- Pressure to get the latest and the greatest
- Constant upgrades and different versions
- Inconsistent reviews from numerous sources. Whose review should I rely on?

Economists tell us that choise is good, but up to a certain point. if therer are too many choises, often we have trouble making any decision at all. Recognise yourself going in and out of many stores with the intention to buy but due to the complicated and overwhelming options because we are cognitively overloaded one hasn’t bought anything at all.

What to do with technology?
- Be open to enter a new world. Find people you feel comfortable asking for help.
- Get a technical buddy who really listens to you and understands what you want and need. Let if be known that you just want something that meets your needs.
- Talk to (younger) people and get comfortable with reverse mentoring. Younger colleagues but also friends and family are generally happy to explain their gadgets. Take some time to learn from them.
- Start small. Pick on area or subject matter and spend a little time learing out that area. You might not be a tech. guru on all areas but you can pick one area and be good at it, than one can contiue to the next one. Take deep breaths when you start to feel overwhelmed.
- Put it all into perspetive. The decision you make about which computer/camera or phone to buy is not going to have a life-altering effect. You’re not marrying the tehnology for life. But the odds are, you’ll be purchasing another version soon.

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