Well, I had
an idea, okay, not just one idea, most of the time, on a daily basis that is I
have a plethora of ideas. Ideas which I rarely act upon or attempt to make
corporeal. Mostly what I do with my ideas is I forget them. I toss them into a
mental locker along with all my other ideas, slam the door shut and put a lock
on it. I don’t think about them, I don’t act upon them nor do I ever try and
vocalize them.
However
there are exceptions. On occasion, very rare occasions there is an idea that
refuses to be locked and hidden away. This type of idea happened about five
months ago. Now, to say it is an original idea would be extremely pompous of
me. No, this idea has been around for a long time. Others have had it and have
acted upon it. My only twist to this notion was to have this idea dragged
kicking and screaming into the 21st century. It was an idea that
just wouldn’t go to sleep.
So I acted
upon it.
Now, saying
I acted upon it means I had to think outside the box to bring it into fruition.
I had to reassess how my job is done and how one in my position goes about
getting things done. Fortunately for me I know how to maneuver in government
employ. It is something I have over twenty years of experience with. I did what
I had to do. I made the appropriate insane requests and then submitted my idea
for the idea I wanted.
It took
some finagling, some presentations of examples and some wise words from other
people to convince my supervisor and my director what I wanted was for the
betterment of the museum. It worked. Much to my chagrin.
So the
order was placed for an extreme amount of product. When the last item ordered,
which was the first item to arrive, I was a bit disappointed, I started a
learning process which I am mired in right now.
I am trying
to fulfill my vision. I am trying to learn new technology and forms of
communication. This is a job for a much younger person. A person who has been
raised in the ins and outs of multi-media. Instead, I’m stuck with trying to
learn what hashtags are. What specific links to specific people mean and how
the whole world wide web works.
I’m a fish
out of water.
Yet, I’m
learning. I’m trying to do what is right by our society and its insatiable
appetite for content. A content made for consuming and finding out what is in their
interest and makes them get up out of their chairs and go out and see what is
going on in the world.
People who
will eventually come see me and what my vision is. A vision of trains and what
they bring to our lives. A vision that most people don’t see or understand.
After all, everything you own in your life has spent some time on a train.
This is the
only point I try to instill in everyone I meet. All goods and services have
traveled by rail in their life. Also, at one point, those goods and services
have held up traffic. Traffic in which you and I sit in. Traffic in which we
curse the gods of nature and all the lives and breathes from holding us up from
our lives. Yet on those box cars, the hopper cars, the gondola cars and the
intermodal cars lies our life.
Yes, my
vision was and is to show the people who visit us what life is like on the
rails. It is a vision that has come to fruition. A vision that means I need to
learn new software, hardware and programing in order to make it work. In other
words, I’ve more than doubled my workload. And why? Simply put, to make people,
the general public understand.
I have no
idea if what I have envisioned will work. But I do know that those who see it,
will be blown away by the simplicity and the ease of access to which they’ve
experienced.
Yes, I have
a lot of work to do, but in the long run, I believe what I’ve done will only
enhance what I’ve been doing and show others what and important mode of consumerism
they have brought upon themselves and the luxury to which their life holds with
just menial delays.
Have a
great week and enjoy the future videos of trains I will be posting on my
Facebook site.
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