I realized as I was driving home last night that it's been a while since my last entry. Suffice it to say, I've had a lot going on. In a nutshell: (2) from-scratch conceptual designs for new customers, BoxerStock, 501(c)(3) approval for Atlanta Boxer Rescue, working with the rest of the Board to find a home for Atlanta Dogwood Festival, (3) Fall festivals, the gas crisis, Dragon*Con, going to a new church (and "relearning" how to go to church at 11am on Sunday), personal (and personnel) issues, and lots more.
Yeah, I've had a full plate lately. I can tell this not by the gray hairs (those that remain, anyway) on my head nor the acid reflux nor the stress-induced intestinal rumblings. But rather, I can tell by the condition of the floor in my living room, which is indicative of the state of disorder in the rest of my house. You see, the unfortunate side-effect of hectic times is this nasty habit I have of walking in, dropping everything I have into a pile, and then leaving again. When I have time, or when I make time, the piles get redistributed into their respective homes and the house has some semblance of order. But with a lack of time, the piles grow, and multiply! Needless to say, I won't be having anyone over anytime soon. My house is a certified wreck!
It's all good, though. As crazy as things get sometimes, I really do enjoy all that I'm doing. Between my for-profit and non-profit roles, I've got a really nice balance of creative challenges and organizational challenges, which keeps it all interesting. I find that, despite the stress that some of these challenges have given me, I am really growing my skills and experiences in a positive way.
About a dozen years ago, I came to the realization that life for me was much better if I threw away some fictional "grand plan" and simply lived more for the moment. That's not to say that I don't plan ahead and think about the future - I just don't have some vision for what I think my future life is supposed to be like. I'm not planning to be the CEO of the company I work for, nor envision myself as some sort of "super engineer." Rather, I take what I've got and see what direction it presents for me. So, having all of these experiences and challenges presented to me in my current roles gives me excitement about what I might do in the future when my interest in designing store fixtures and displays wanes.
Now here's an interesting twist: I started this blog entry today because I really wanted to copy a meme that I found from a new blog I started reading called Cockpit Conversation. The meme is all about life experiences that you've had. I had no intention of really tying it in to the rest of the entry. But as the words started appearing on the screen and I got down to this point, I realized just how relevant it is. Anyway, enjoy!
The Challenge
* Post 3 things you've done that you believe nobody else reading has done.
* If anybody responds with "I've done that," add another thing.
* Encourage your friends to paste this into their own journal to list the unique things they've done.
Here's my list:
* Had an all-access security credential to the '96 Olympics
* Bottle-fed a full-grown Bengal Tiger
* Watched the Indy 500 from the #2 pit box
Feel free to post your list in my comments here, or make your own blog entry.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
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3 comments:
When things get really busy, it's even more important to literally take a breather a few times a day.
I love this meme..by the way, what does meme mean?
Now on to my 3 things:
-- I walked on a broken foot for 2 weeks
-- I was in the control tower at Miami International Airport
-- I saved a little girl from drowning in a trout stream
Hey, you wanna see piles? Come see all of my piles! I'm moving stuff out of the "storage room" to sort everything and my whole house is piles! :-)
My three things are travel-related (big surprise, huh?) -
- Watched bald eagles so plentiful they looked like oranges in trees (at the Chilkat River outside Haines, Alaska in November)
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/eagleprv.htm
- Drove the Al-Can Highway on "perfect road conditions" - a firm surface of snowpack from Haines AK to Whitehorse in the Yukon territory - during the continous blue twilight that is day and night in November
- Visited Fairbanks, AK in February and drove myself on black ice conditions to North Pole Elementary for a workshop (due to a recent "heat wave" where temps got up to 40 degrees F and melted the snow to then refreeze)
Hmmm...ya think AK is on my mind on this night of the Sarah Palin VP debate?
(fourth) - cooked a traditional southern Thanksgiving dinner (complete with cornbread dressing) in Manhattan - with the Macy's parade marching by a block away)
Hmmm...Thanksgiving in AK and NYC = another theme
Beth: a meme is defined as a "culutural unit" that is spread through the repeating of ideas either verbally or written. It is used to describe these kinds of "tag you're it" e-mails and blog posts where you answer a series of questions or give out unique information about yourself, then request your friends to do the same.
I've almost got you matched on one of them - I have been in the control tower at Ft. Lauderdale Airport (and also down in the firehouse WHEN they got an emergency call that a plane ran off the runway).
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