That Darn Budget

I am sure many people have experienced budget cuts. Sometimes they unfortuantely come in the way of lay offs, other times they come in spending habits being minimilized. Working for the State we just had a round of budget cuts that made life a little bit harder. We are no longer able to travel to any conferences nor are we able to send print jobs outside or do non essential printing in house. Now, I would much rather have to endure these then have my collegaues or myself lose a job. Of course you have your normal people who dont think like me and whine and moan about these cuts. I do feel bad when we cannot copy a tutors handout that they wanted to share with their students for learning purposes, or when a study guide cannot be distributed. It forces us to use the forms of technology that we have at our fingertips like Blackboard, Facebook, etc. A lot of companies are experiencing the same thing and I think it forces us all to go back to simpler times and work with what you have. I dont think there is anything wrong with that.