01 Jan 2004
Thu, 01 Jan 2004
Out With The Old, In With The New
Looking back on 2003, I've decided it was the strangest year of my entire life.
It all began with me in the same hideous job I had had since the summer of 2001. I would find out what it was like to lose that job just 4 days before my birthday. At the time, it was a shock. Looking back, I realize it was a necessary catalyst.
I discovered what it was like to be without work, and realized what a huge burden was lifted when the job ended, and how my depression just lifted completely after that. Friends noticed a marked change in my outlook.
After finding the job market about as tough as everybody else in technology, I got a call one day from a local startup. That opportunity would morph into what I now kindly refer to as my accidental entrepreneurism.
And that's what's consumed virtually every waking hour of my life for the last four months. It's been a wild ride so far. New ideas, new products, new colleagues, constant fretting and obsession over all of the details that go into creating a new company from scratch. The words learning organization definitely have meaning to me now.
I bought my first motorcycle just a few weeks before I lost my job. Survived the first six thousand miles on the bike and passed the test to get my motorcycle license. Discovered it was one of those joys I only wish I had pursued when I was younger. My body would have certainly had an easier time with it then. Whether I would have survived is another matter entirely.
On top of all this, my wife graduated from college.
My german shorthaired pointer passed the one year old mark. I've discovered that frisbee is to dogs as crack is to humans. We don't utter the word around here, rather it's F-R-I-S-B-E-E. And we're now convinced that the dog can spell.
I don't know where it's all going to wind up in 2004, but I'll be really surprised if this year's any wierder than last.
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