Wk1_Comment 1 to Mark Dohn’s Blog Post

It’s  been creeping around in my head for months. Ever since it was mentioned in a Wimba and was met with a collective gasp from everyone on the call...Ok, so I couldn’t actually HEAR the gasp, but I know that everyone did and maybe, just maybe, someone typed a “GASP!”

It was a horror that was almost incomprehensible: A month 11 student had lost their Action Research website. It crashed. Gone. LOST. Chills down my spine, red lights and alarms clanging in my head. Sweat even broke out on my forehead. “I’m saving and backing my stuff up tonight!” I thought to myself. Fully 5 months later have I done one little bit of saving?

Nope.

I know it’s there. I know the risks, and yet I continue to procrastinate. The feeling of dread is growing. “It’s going to happen to you because you’ve been lazy, and overconfident” my mind keeps warning me. Yet still I ignore it.

I find it interesting the times when I’m proactive and when I’m passive. What deserves my full attention, and what only gets 75%. I’ve spent hours of mulling this over (yes, when I could have been backing up the website!). So now I’m announcing that I am backing up my Action Research website!

Tomorrow.

It’s late and I’m tired. 

Trace Bockler

@Mark Dohn
You never cease to amaze me, Mark! You are a very comical person and I enjoy reading your blogs and discussion posts. I, too, was on that WIMBA call with you and remember the same feeling of dread. However, I got an external hard drive and have been backing up my work ever since. I truly believe it is paranoia that drives me! I can share some of my extra paranoia if you need some motivation.

Trace Bockler

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 09:31 PM