Zen Proverbs

Being in the IT Network Specialist program here at Milwaukee Area Technical College, (MATC) I have been fortunate to learn many great concepts to further my career in this area. That being said I also have enjoyed learning these things to a great extent, with the right mindset and motivation it seems that difficult tasks become much easier. In addition to setting positive goals and creating a thirst to learn, there is actually another important standard I have come to abide by, that is, knowing my own limits. What do I mean by that? Well we are all just human, and even with high set goals and managing the work load properly there is a point when its just too much to handle with work, school, family, and friends.

One of my favorite classes last semester was IT107 (Social Networking and Business) this class emphasized the importance of keeping a professional and active presence on Social Media(SM). This no longer being assigned homework has somewhat left me passive on the many SM websites that I had created for the class.

That should not prevent anyone reading this from accepting the importance of having that solid footprint for there Social Media activity though. In fact I never would have landed such an excellent College Job at (UBreakIFix) without the knowledge and understanding from IT 107. I would say the most obvious reasons for this were the recreation of my resume (Functional and Chronological), and the use of LinkedIn along with professional use of Facebook.

School will go by faster than expected, so I plan to be well prepared for the real world of business and technology that I have decided to pursue. Although I am highly excited to enter this new world, I am not unrealistic; therefore after seeing the work load of 4 classes and 40 hours of work every week I dropped one of the classes. I feel that a negative energy surrounds those words "dropping classes" yet in reality what I did has more positive effects than negative; one is that I get most, actually all my money back from the tuition cost. With one less classes homework to schedule, I feel more comfortable and able to achieve the high grades I expect myself to receive.

Alright Peck Zen IT is ready to push off into this semester, see you on the other side and don't forget to study hard!

~"When you transform your mind, everything you experience is transformed." Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche