Tag: Personal opinion
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Trying to chart a future course
I have started to think I have little control over events in my life. An analogy here: It seems reasonable to expect that if you exert directional force on a rudder or wheel to steer a particular direction, you should get positive results. The more energy you exert, the more likely you will head in…
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Sunday omelet
Adjusting to a new schedule, a new job, really a new life is more challenging than I thought it would be. At the conclusion of my prior “life”, I fully came to appreciate how effortlessly I could navigate everything. It took such little thought to glide through my day, especially near the end. After all…
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A new week
Friday, February 26th 2021 marked the end of a career lasting 35 years and spanning over 6 decades. That math may look sketchy, but it is true. I started the summer of 1977 and finished in the winter of 2021. My oh my, how time flies. Coincidentally, my oldest (time not age) friend Don retired…
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Pharrell Williams made me cry
First a little context. I am a fan of genealogy—no, actually I love genealogy and watch every show I can find. Initially it was curiosity about people looking for answers. Maybe they were adopted or maybe they were looking for an unknown parent like I was. Sometimes the results were happy, sometimes sad and occasionally…
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Heading to the exit
The old adage that someone who quits a position actually “checked out” 6 months before leaving the building is so true. I have known for sometime that my disinterest and apathy is palpable and is likely becoming more obvious each day. When discussing future customer strategy with colleagues I remind myself to present a positive…
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Finally, some optimism.
Even some of my gun-toting Trumper friends were concerned about Inauguration Day. They hadn’t condoned the insurrection on January 6th, but didn’t denounce it either and thought it possible that act was just the beginning. They would finish our conversation with “You know Biden is already after our guns, right? That’s why it will be…
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Goodbye… Hello!
Aside from all the political bullshit, it was a pretty good week. It is hard not to get drawn into it but at some point my mental health won’t take anymore. I decided (for the umpteenth time) to focus on something, anything really, that is different and hopefully positive. That opportunity came about in two…
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a distraction.
So much for 2021 right. The new calendars I handed out promised a better year, at least the pictures did, and of course it had 2021 splashed everywhere! None of us were naive enough to think that with the “flick of a switch,” 2021 would magically transform into the respite our weary souls needed, but…
a life always under construction 