K.Childs

It might surprise many of you to learn that I’m not a natural ‘people person.’ Being affable and sweet online is a lot easier than it is in the real world. I’ve always found socialising online comes with small simple rules that make interactions easy and flowing. Avoiding unpleasant people and existing inside a small social bubble is the epitome of our world online. Confrontations are totally avoidable and awkwardness can be ignored. Prospering as an online social butterfly is a very different skillset to prospering as a RL social butterfly. Because of this, I started making my ‘how to human’ instructions. How to human: Mornings and conversation starters. I work in an office and I am client-facing; this means that every week or more often, I meet new people. Important people and clients that I need to make a good impression on, people who decide big things, people who decide small things. My job is to help translate their needs into IT-speak half the time. The

 2.16 The Hummingbird Dilemna  This may take a while to loop back to writing, but trust me, I'll get there. A while ago I read an article about the different types of creatives. I've seen the divide between two types of creatives in my family; the Jackhammer and the Hummingbird are almost exactly what my sister and I are like for pursuing hobbies and interests. She is the sort who delves in deep; she doesn't spread around all the latest gadgets or newest fads, she holds still and true to a couple of pursuits in a focused fashion. I always admired that focus, as it is definitely something I lack in my own pursuits (with a few exceptions, like writing)  and I used to think my 'easily bored' nature was causing a lot of lost enjoyment in creative endeavours. Since learning to embrace that side of myself, I've found I'm in a lot more control of my creative outlets. The trouble with darting from hobby to hobby... Parents can probably relate to this probl