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Archives Review
Welcome, Fall.
Observing the change in the season.
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Every year about this time, we start to see the change in the season. The Summer disappears into our distant memories and then enters the fall. People are starting to dress a little heavier, coffee is getting a little darker, and we're going to bed earlier.
I have a positive outlook for this fall. I see myself being succesful in the job, working on the house a little, spending lots of time with my girl and enjoying time with friends and family a lot.
A lot is starting to change for me. Most of it is personal revelations.
I've lost my interest in binge drinking. That's not to say I was ever much of a lush, but there were some nights that stood out more than others. I've never been one do things to the extreme.
The people I hang out with regularly has changed a bit. I've gotten closer to the friends I really value and become distanced from the friends that I stayed close to because of our single mutual appreciation: for the local pub. That's not to say I don't appreciate my pub friends. I just don't feel the need to engulf myself in our traditional setting like I used to.
I'm rediscovering the art of doing things for myself. This morning was the first time in years I'm browsing through CD Baby and picking out some nice local music to buy. I forgot how easy it was. It just takes a little time out of the day.
My level of stress has been high the last few weeks at the office as I stand between my coworkers and the technology industry and try to get everyone to play nice. I realize I've taken the wrong side on the issue. The Architects have hired me to manage their technology initiative. I've always stuck to the old addage that I have to work with only what's available. IT people are great at being passive agressive. I'm no different. As I prepare myself for 2007, I'm changing my stance. I'm going to take the side of my company, not that of the technology industry. It's true - my Architects want the technology to work in the framework of how they percieve things should work. The truth of the matter is, who doesn't? My job is to wade through the muck and find the gems to bring forward for them to use and benefit from. No more will I say "It's not what the Technology industry wants you to do." If we all took that attitude, we would be worker bees in a factory and sleep in tubes.
It's amazing the clarity you gain when you lay off the indulgences of life - drinking, smoking, overeating - whatever your poison might be. I find for me that it's fantastic to indulge once in awhile, but too much too often is bad. My clarity is already diminished by the rapid and unpredictable nature of my work and the world around me. I don't need to be anesthetized around the clock.
Gregsta'
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| Posted For 10/7/2006
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The Domino Effect - Version 1.0 - 1/1/04
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Nobody shall leave here without a duck on their head.
