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When I posted my last entry, I talked about a change of pace. Little did I realize at the time how big of a change that pace would be. To give you a perspective, let compare the phases of my life so far to a car's gearbox. My life in Montana was nice and laid back. I had a job at a video rental store and enjoyed shooting the breeze with the regulars. The speed limit in town was a lazy 25MPH. At these speeds, I could remain in first gear or a really low RPM second gear.
When I move to eastern Washington, the pace picked up a bit. There were more people, roads were faster, but it was still a pretty laid back community. School kept me busy and work was flexible enough to allow me to say, "I'm not planning on coming in during the week of finals" and my supervisor would be cool with it. When I became a regular employee, it was still pretty chill. I never really had to leave second gear much. Third gear was optional.
Now I live in southern California, near Irvine. There are a lot of people. And I travel north to L.A. on a fairly consistent basis where there are even more people. On top of this, people drive like demons on the freeways when given the opportunity. I have to be constantly aware of traffic when driving. My job as an IT support technician means that I'm solving other people's emergency's. Constantly. Fourth gear is nearly a constant with fifth gear occasionally necessary.
As you can imagine, unnecessary things have fallen by the wayside, one of which included this blog. I wish it hadn't but as you can imagine, life has changed a lot for me. One might ask, "If unnecessary things have fallen to the wayside, why do you still play so many video games?" My answer to that is they are necessary. Video games are my way of letting my brain unwind. But as life settles more and I keep trying to improve my life, I find myself thinking about writing here again. I will try to make an effort to post here again, though it will be on a new schedule as posting on Mondays will no longer work very well. But I'm tired and unwilling to commit to a schedule right now. So I'll bid you good night.
And until next time:
Work smart. Play hard. Sleep well.
When I posted my last entry, I talked about a change of pace. Little did I realize at the time how big of a change that pace would be. To give you a perspective, let compare the phases of my life so far to a car's gearbox. My life in Montana was nice and laid back. I had a job at a video rental store and enjoyed shooting the breeze with the regulars. The speed limit in town was a lazy 25MPH. At these speeds, I could remain in first gear or a really low RPM second gear.
When I move to eastern Washington, the pace picked up a bit. There were more people, roads were faster, but it was still a pretty laid back community. School kept me busy and work was flexible enough to allow me to say, "I'm not planning on coming in during the week of finals" and my supervisor would be cool with it. When I became a regular employee, it was still pretty chill. I never really had to leave second gear much. Third gear was optional.
Now I live in southern California, near Irvine. There are a lot of people. And I travel north to L.A. on a fairly consistent basis where there are even more people. On top of this, people drive like demons on the freeways when given the opportunity. I have to be constantly aware of traffic when driving. My job as an IT support technician means that I'm solving other people's emergency's. Constantly. Fourth gear is nearly a constant with fifth gear occasionally necessary.
As you can imagine, unnecessary things have fallen by the wayside, one of which included this blog. I wish it hadn't but as you can imagine, life has changed a lot for me. One might ask, "If unnecessary things have fallen to the wayside, why do you still play so many video games?" My answer to that is they are necessary. Video games are my way of letting my brain unwind. But as life settles more and I keep trying to improve my life, I find myself thinking about writing here again. I will try to make an effort to post here again, though it will be on a new schedule as posting on Mondays will no longer work very well. But I'm tired and unwilling to commit to a schedule right now. So I'll bid you good night.
And until next time:
Work smart. Play hard. Sleep well.
