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Feel Like you are in an Information Traffic Jam Lately?

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 I am Colleen Kulikowski and I am a Type E.  I can start many posts in a single bound!  And sometimes it seems the ideas just flow faster than I can process them.  Right now there are a dozen half written posts and a list of another 100+ ideas just waiting to be written.  I find inspiration in everything I come across.

Ever feel that way?

Your brain can only hold so much information and you start thinking about something and then you have an idea it takes you in a totally different direction. Today was a perfect example of the traffice jam in my brain!

First I wrote about Tourist Attractions in the Greater Orlando Area, which then inspired me to write about the bedroom community in Polk County of Davenport.  As I compiled the post about Davenport, I had Good Morning America in on the Tv and a segment came on about Freakonomics.  In it the discussion about the herd mentality.  Bing another idea to write about!  I suddenly am too busy to answer phone calls from Neal Bloom and Margaret Rome.   Neal -- The Buffalo Sabres are going to win tonight -- I look forward to watching the NY Rangers lose!  Margaret -- rest assured I am an E in balance, I just ate, got good night's sleep and I might exercise tonight!

Yikes another post to write!  But I have a Blog started, where to start this next post?  I had been using Google Docs, but I have been having all sorts of strange things happening with such documents lately!  In desperation I want to start writing, I open up Outlook email message and drop it in there to not lose the train of though...  Cut and paste it into Active Rain all is well with the world!   Never thought about that before, definately going to have to use this as another place to compose posts...

But my brain didn't just stop there, I needed to update a links spreadsheet that our team uses when we blog to easily link back to our posts in future posts.   I then wrote an email message that shows a brief summary of our posts on http://celebrationfloridahomes.blogspot.com/, http://marcoislandhomes.blogspot.com/ to email to our distribution list.  Since 7am this morning I placed 25 ideas on my idea list of things I want to write about, made 30 follow up phone call and had a 2 hour conference call.  It is almost 4:30, I think it is time to eat but I have three things that I want to accomplish before I do so.  

So do you ever feel like you are on Information Overload and how do you handle it?  Me, I have to go read now, and update the post I did for the Fruit Challenge, which most likely will give me an idea or two to add to the other 25 ideas I added today!

 

 

 

 


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Comments (40)

Gena Riede
Riede Real Estate, Lic. 01310792 - Sacramento, CA
Real Estate Broker - Sacramento CA Real Estate (916) 417-2699
Colleen, ah yes...definitely E-type. The energizer bunny is on overload...take care after you do all those things that are so important, first. Isn't it great to have thoughts continually driving the car? Who else is going to do it, right?
Apr 25, 2007 03:10 PM
Ana Connell
G & C Properties - Burbank, CA
Burbank Real Estate Agent

Wow, and I thought I was good at multi tasking!  You're making me look bad!

Apr 25, 2007 04:34 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude
Great post, Colleen. It always feels to me that there is not enough time to do what I want to do. The list keeps growing. I find that I have to plan some personal time at the gym so I get a break, as well as time with my wife. Blogging sometimes feels like it is consuming, along with everything else, although I enjoy the heck out of it. Each post seems to generate more ideas. I keep a file folder that is getting fatter and fatter with ideas. I have done some "jotting" like others as a way to keep the list growing and to remind myself of things to do when I am on the run. BTW wine is good! Jeff PS - the pic looks like the border crossing here in San Diego heading south the Mexico.
Apr 25, 2007 05:28 PM
Thesa Chambers
West + Main - Bend, OR
Principal Broker - Licensed in Oregon
I feel this way most of the time... my mistake is I do not write my ideas down and then forget them in my old age.
Apr 25, 2007 05:55 PM
Colleen Irwin
Retired - Irondequoit, NY
Creative Real Estate Solutions...

Gena -- sometimes I wish I could turn off my brain...   Other times, I think it is fine.

Ana -- at the end of the day the list is longer than I started, not always a good thing!

Jeff -- thanks for the suggestion... 

Thesa -- That is why I keep a notebook with a list of things I am thinking about!

Apr 25, 2007 10:52 PM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent
Colleen, I marvel at all that you are able to get done.  You are a little power house!
Apr 25, 2007 11:52 PM
Ann Cummings
RE/MAX Shoreline - NH and Maine - Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth NH Real Estate Preferrable Agent
Hi Colleen - LOVE the email idea!!! I'll give that a try...... I do end up with too much going on in my mind and then I jot none of them down. But this email idea might just be the quick solution to that. Thanks! I like that spreadsheet idea, too. Hmm, wonder how you do that?? Ann
Apr 26, 2007 12:59 AM
Christy Powers
Keller Williams Coastal Area Partners - Pooler, GA
Pooler, Savannah Real Estate Agent
I am always on overload it seems. I have just gotten used to it. I take a pen and notebook everywhere with me. If I need to remember something, it gets written down. If I have a great idea for a post or a song, it gets written down. I need to take a mini tape recorder around so I don't have to write so much.
Apr 26, 2007 01:06 AM
David A. Podgursky PA
THE PODGURSKY GROUP @ Re/Max Direct - Boynton Beach, FL
THE PODGURSKY GROUP - Make the Right Move!
I feel like I'm in the weeds sometimes and I can read it later in my posts that don't come out the way I wanted them to... One of the most tech savvy computer guys I've ever met (built digital broadcast centers for the military and CIA) told me once that he's never seen someone maximize Windows and use it the way I do... meaning the RIGHT WAY... It is called WINDOWS not WINDOW But at the same time, the Type E's like us out there can sometimes get a little too far out there with 20-25 windows open. I find myself losing track from this sometimes... so just yank out 500Mb of memory and when your computer WON'T do it anymore then you'll stay on track better hahaha (my next computer will have 4x the memory of this one!...I've already picked it out)
Apr 26, 2007 02:03 AM
Colleen Irwin
Retired - Irondequoit, NY
Creative Real Estate Solutions...

Chris -- I try...

Ann -- check your email there is a little present for you

Christy -- it is always fun I have a note that said green beans -- million $ listing -- kermit -- for the life of me I have no idea what I was trying to tell myself.  the only thing I have is it must have something to do with green.   Notes are only as good as you are able to figure out what they mean!

David -- and that probably won't have enough memory either! 

 

Apr 26, 2007 02:09 AM
Neal Bloom
Brokered by eXp Realty LLC - Weston, FL
Realtor CRS-Weston FL Real Estate
RANGERS! IT IS NOT OVER! IT IS A 4 out of 7 series. Now I have to write a blog for losing game 1.
Apr 26, 2007 02:21 AM
Robert Hammerstein -
Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ
Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Hi Colleen,

Not much of a sports fanatic but as you already know, I totally relate to the Information Overload issue.  I was almost reluctant to comment on this post because I know that it will give you one more thing to do.  But it's a wonderful thing this information overload - it keeps us young!  Go Active Rain!

Apr 26, 2007 02:41 AM
Lynda Eisenmann
Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA
Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Hi Colleen,

Good stuff, but I'm still trying to figure out how you all have time to do all this!

Apr 26, 2007 05:11 AM
Ann Cummings
RE/MAX Shoreline - NH and Maine - Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth NH Real Estate Preferrable Agent
Colleen - you are THE coolest!!!! Thank you VERY much!!! Could your 'green beans' note actually have meant buy green beans?? ;-) Ann the toolbar is missing again - what is going on with that??
Apr 26, 2007 06:36 AM
Midori Miller
Talk 2 Midori, LLC - Daytona Beach, FL
Online Marketing For Real Estate Professionals
Colleen-Oh, how this happens too often! The past few weeks I have overpromised and overextended myself,fortunately I got 99% accomplished but my head was spinning and just landed! When I blog I call it Blog Fog, too many ideas and can't put them on paper, when it happens in the work part of my life, I call it ADD, the attention span of a marble and when it happens at home I just say the heck with it and kick my feet up and relax. I call that taking a break! Maybe you my overworked friend just needs to take a little break! Love the post and can relate!
Apr 27, 2007 07:32 AM
Colleen Irwin
Retired - Irondequoit, NY
Creative Real Estate Solutions...

Lynda -- sometimes I don't, and that means things don't happen, like posting.

Ann -- good point I don't have any veggies in the pantry!

Midori -- we all find balance over time!

Apr 29, 2007 04:15 AM
Bob & Carolin Benjamin
Benjamin Realty LLC - Gold Canyon, AZ
East Phoenix Arizona Homes

All I can say is "wow" ~~ so many ideas.

Carolin Benjamin
Bob and Carolin Benjamin - The Benjamin Team - Keller Williams Integrity First Realty - Gold Canyon, Arizona

May 04, 2007 05:50 PM
David & Lisa Webber
RE/MAX Executive - Crofton, MD
www.webberteam.com
I've noticed recently that I feel the most anxious and have my mind running on over-drive the most, once a month, for a good week or so.  The rest of the month I do get a lot done, always have more to do and more intests than I have time for, but that anxiety, for me anyway, seems to be hormonal.  I feel totally out of balance during that time.  The rest of the time I think I might have ADD, half finished projects all over the house - before I finish anything, I'm planning out and starting the next project.  Sigh.  I really need to go back and complete some of these things.  How does an E stay in balance?
Jun 11, 2007 01:52 AM
Colleen Irwin
Retired - Irondequoit, NY
Creative Real Estate Solutions...
David & Lisa -- Very carefully.....
Jun 11, 2007 11:03 AM
Pat Hommel
Annapolis Plaza CB Residential and Commercial - Annapolis, MD
Annapolis, AA Co., Md. Real Estate Sales

Colleen,

I just met Margaret Rome Saturday and learned I am a TypeE.  Now I understand why I am constantly seeking new information and juggling many things in my life.  Now I know there is a community of people who understand this and Active Rain is here as a huge connector for us.  Glad to "meet" you.

Pat

Aug 22, 2007 03:03 AM