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birdlady

Hi all
I was just wondering if any of you do geneology and could recommend a good site (which doesn't cost too much)?

Cath x

Cheery_Daff

Memory_Girl wrote: »

Just finished rejigging my core seminar with a couple of the mentors. So have added back in some stuff that was previoulsy removed (everyone on Leeds event will get some MM emails in the next couple of days with some additional bits n pieces)

Now settled on teaching three Memory Systems:

Link system - good for creating order in stuff you need to remember
Body List System - for creating short term memory hooks
Route System - for creating long term memories for stuff you learn

Instead of just showing some Mind Map examples I am creating a brand new series of hand drawn Mapplications (applications of Mind Maps)

1. For studying from books or written text
2. Studying from a speaker / lecturer
3. Time Management / planning
4. Foreign Languages
5. Planning a project
6. Planning an essay or presentation
7. Organising a meeting - including dividing up responsibilites
8. Studying Science
9. Studying Literature
10 TA-DA lists


Does any smart person out there see anything else that I should include in this list? Feeling a little Bleurgh! on the anti-b's and not firing on all cylinders IYSWIM?

Memorygirl

That sounds brilliant MG :T I really like the list of ten things you can use mind mapping for, that sounds really useful! :j

Memory_Girl wrote: »

That is a VERY cool idea - could do it around the wheel of life to try and maintain some semblence of balance.

Thanks hon

MG

A cool idea indeed! I once met a woman (quite a scary one actually - she was cooking slugs when I met her :rotfl:) who was involved in LOTS of different projects etc, work, voluntary work, committees of this and that, and spent time all over the place. She showed us a mind map of her responsibilities in every bit of her life, and then had a kind of wheel thing with everything on all coloured in showing where things were in terms of importance and time etc - was very impressive! :j

Oh, and by the way, thought I'd let you know about the most daft revelation I had while at your seminar on Saturday Was far too embarrassed to mention it at the time I always do a mind map first thing when I get to work, putting on everything from my diary I know I need to do, and going through emails adding things. I usually end up with a branch for work on my project, one for meetings, one for admin, and one for 'other'.

I'd (gosh I can't believe I'm admitting this, it's so embarrassing! :rotfl:) been wondering what the best way to tick things off was once they were done :rotfl: Because I was just putting little ticks, and it wasn't obvious what I'd done and what was still left, and I was getting all confused :rotfl:

Anyway - when you said about the black and white mind maps the kids could colour in - I had my revelation :rotfl: So yesterday I did one just in blue pen, as usual - but didn't bother colouring in the branches. When prioritising, I put a little red star by the next couple of things I needed to do, then scribbled over it in green pen when I'd done it :rotfl:

Sooooo simple, so daft that I can't even believe I was struggling with it, but soooo helpful! :j :rotfl:

birdlady

maryb, I also have taken early retirement and wonder what I want to do now. I do some voluntary work which I really enjoy (happy to work for nothing although when I was getting paid I felt taken advantage of-work that one out lol)

Cath x

maryb

I'm still doing a bit of work on a very part time basis which is nice because I get paid a bit but have got rid of the bits of the job that made me stressed but at the same time it cuts up my time a little bit, so, for example, I haven't got round to doing any part time university courses which I thought I would like, because I happened to be busy at the start of September. That, and the fact that I change my mind constantly about whether I want to do domestic things (craft, cooking, gardening) or more intellectual things, whether I want to get fit or whether I am happy being more rounded and a bit cozy (fits with the cooking)

I feel I'm living what MG calls a 'small life' because I'm not settling to anything and TBH I think I needed to for a while after leaving work to let the stress out. But I am in danger of drifting so that the smallest thing takes all day

Craftyscholar

maryb wrote: »

I feel I'm living what MG calls a 'small life' because I'm not settling to anything and TBH I think I needed to for a while after leaving work to let the stress out. But I am in danger of drifting so that the smallest thing takes all day

Ouch, that hit more than a bit too close to home. :o:o

ClootiesMum

Does any smart person out there see anything else that I should include in this list? Feeling a little Bleurgh! on the anti-b's and not firing on all cylinders IYSWIM?

OK - simple one - how about a how to organise for Christmas one?

birdlady

When I first retired (9months ago) I felt guilty about not working, I'd never been out of work since I was 17. It's taken time to realise that it's ok to sit down and read all afternoon if that's what I want to do, so I bought a kindle and I'm happily working my way through the free books, but I do think I need some sort of plan for the new year. The worst thing is the internet, I could spend all day on it.

fantasia322

Right I've borrowed DH's sat-nav, and am sort of psyching myself up to get going (plenty of time).
Driving in the dark is NOT my thing. I can do it if I HAVE to.
Tonight I don't HAVE to, I WANT to.
Big difference.
I even wnet out the past couple of nights so I would'nt be such a wuss. I know its stupid, but I will get over it :eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ClootiesMum

fantasia - think of the fun you'll have at the other end of the journey.....

And it's pretty much on a main road all the way - don't worry about it

Really looking forward to seeing you :j:j

fantasia322

ClootiesMum wrote: »

fantasia - think of the fun you'll have at the other end of the journey.....

And it's pretty much on a main road all the way - don't worry about it

Really looking forward to seeing you :j:j

I know, I had a look on Google Maps :rotfl::rotfl:and ditto:j