The end is near
........The end of the year that is.
I dropped off Julia and Christopher at the airport today and I find myself....ALONE!!!
Don't take that wrong. I missed her within minutes of dropping her off but at the same time I take these next few days as a divine appointment. I have been letting down in my mind a lot and doing some thinking. Yeah I know. Nothing new right? Well lets just say I feel I am having some "help" thinking. Alone, but not alone.
So anyway its been a great year. I don't know if I said this last year but it has been one of the best years of my life. I did turn 40 this year which was a little well....it does make you think wow.....I am getting up there a bit more.
I did not accomplish all I wanted but thats ok. I had some pretty lofty goals that I did move closer to reaching. And I accomplished a lot on the way.
This year I maintained a pretty decent weight from all I lost starting in Oct 2006. I got down to 228.5 and am now at 240 and going down. Not bad since I started at 270 and have not been close now for over a year. I have learned some things also in my thinking that was causing some issues there that have been placed behind me. I am starting with a personal trainer in February as an added commitment to really reaching my goal next year. I want to bring myself to a place next year where I can run a small marathon. The trainer already has me on a plan that I have been working that has made quite a difference from what I was doing on my own.
My guitar playing progresses. Between my lessons with virtuoso Tom Hess and Greg Howe (an internationally acclaimed rock/funk/jazz/fusion master) quite a lot is rubbing off and man is it ever fun!!!
Music career wise I progress but slower than I like. I have learned more internal things than produced this year although it does look like that CD I am on with the players internationally will be released soon. The mastering is done. Just need to press it. Anyway the internal changes I have made will bare fruit which will be clear next year. A lot is happening and I can tell time will fly by. The soonest changes seen will be from my students because of some changes I implement in January.
My full time job, notice I do not call it my real job has been real shit. The good news is I learned some things about myself in the situations I had to deal with. I am changing a lot in what I enjoy doing, my personality is changing and so must my job. That is why its been difficult. It takes me a while to get it I guess. I finally laid it out for my boss what I need to happen if I will continue to stay at my current company. The response was favorable fortunately. Within 3 days I was released from my current project and I will know around the 31st when I return from vacation if my next job has been confirmed. They are trying to plug me into a project manager position. So its looking good going forward. I think the greatest distinction I had to make was that I need to get into more of a lead/manager role not because of title or career move but for the job description. When I approached my boss from that perspective and explained that the role of a PM, the people interaction, the firefighting, the coordinating, the communicating was what I needed I think it brought more a sense of urgency for the change. I really could give a shit about title. I just want to work more with people and use my skills in that way. I am tired of sitting in a cubicle and screwing around with software and systems. It bores me to friggin tears. Anyway we will see.
Well I am sure I could sit and babble about everything on the planet but I leave this last post of the year with a few thoughts.
God is present, He moves, He is with us. He is for us.
Peace,
Randy
I dropped off Julia and Christopher at the airport today and I find myself....ALONE!!!
Don't take that wrong. I missed her within minutes of dropping her off but at the same time I take these next few days as a divine appointment. I have been letting down in my mind a lot and doing some thinking. Yeah I know. Nothing new right? Well lets just say I feel I am having some "help" thinking. Alone, but not alone.
So anyway its been a great year. I don't know if I said this last year but it has been one of the best years of my life. I did turn 40 this year which was a little well....it does make you think wow.....I am getting up there a bit more.
I did not accomplish all I wanted but thats ok. I had some pretty lofty goals that I did move closer to reaching. And I accomplished a lot on the way.
This year I maintained a pretty decent weight from all I lost starting in Oct 2006. I got down to 228.5 and am now at 240 and going down. Not bad since I started at 270 and have not been close now for over a year. I have learned some things also in my thinking that was causing some issues there that have been placed behind me. I am starting with a personal trainer in February as an added commitment to really reaching my goal next year. I want to bring myself to a place next year where I can run a small marathon. The trainer already has me on a plan that I have been working that has made quite a difference from what I was doing on my own.
My guitar playing progresses. Between my lessons with virtuoso Tom Hess and Greg Howe (an internationally acclaimed rock/funk/jazz/fusion master) quite a lot is rubbing off and man is it ever fun!!!
Music career wise I progress but slower than I like. I have learned more internal things than produced this year although it does look like that CD I am on with the players internationally will be released soon. The mastering is done. Just need to press it. Anyway the internal changes I have made will bare fruit which will be clear next year. A lot is happening and I can tell time will fly by. The soonest changes seen will be from my students because of some changes I implement in January.
My full time job, notice I do not call it my real job has been real shit. The good news is I learned some things about myself in the situations I had to deal with. I am changing a lot in what I enjoy doing, my personality is changing and so must my job. That is why its been difficult. It takes me a while to get it I guess. I finally laid it out for my boss what I need to happen if I will continue to stay at my current company. The response was favorable fortunately. Within 3 days I was released from my current project and I will know around the 31st when I return from vacation if my next job has been confirmed. They are trying to plug me into a project manager position. So its looking good going forward. I think the greatest distinction I had to make was that I need to get into more of a lead/manager role not because of title or career move but for the job description. When I approached my boss from that perspective and explained that the role of a PM, the people interaction, the firefighting, the coordinating, the communicating was what I needed I think it brought more a sense of urgency for the change. I really could give a shit about title. I just want to work more with people and use my skills in that way. I am tired of sitting in a cubicle and screwing around with software and systems. It bores me to friggin tears. Anyway we will see.
Well I am sure I could sit and babble about everything on the planet but I leave this last post of the year with a few thoughts.
God is present, He moves, He is with us. He is for us.
Peace,
Randy
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