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February 13, 2007 04:51 PM

Sabbatical

Some beautiful things happened to create a confluence of events that leaves me currently not having to work for a short time. I'm psyched. I busted my ass over the last year and a half or so on a "three week long" contract, and worked at 110% for most of it. I had fun, and was happy to work with smart people, but damn, I wanted a break, and it came!

I took time off after my last big job, before I formed the company, and I found it incredibly rewarding. I actually got to enjoy geeking, rather than it being yet another work related task. I got to go travel without the worry of what to do upon returning home. elly & I got to move here to San Francisco, and things generally went quite well. It was the first time since college that I'd had a long period to not work. I was introspective, interested to explore a new way of being, and generally content. Granted, I did it too long (note to self: learn lesson this time!), but I'm glad to have done it.

Now that I have the opportunity to do that again, I do have some lessons learned, but I don't want to have the /same/ experience, even though I can benefit from not repeating the mistakes of the past. I hope to discover new things about the world or about myself while I try this life on for size for a bit.

I must admit, I was very much enjoying the power-worker-bee experience again. I had the sort of Madison-Avenue rush about things, and I had all sorts of fantasies about what my world would be like if that job were to go on forever. I seemed more in touch with myself than I was during the similar New York experience, but still not fully present in the everyday. *shrug*

Plans for coming month(s) that I would like to not forget:
* Go to Tahoe on as many weekdays as possible and enjoy the fresh air
* Make apartment nice and cozy
* Be nice to and get to actually spend time with elly
* Try not to spend too much money
* Travel to see pals and family, which I've put off because of too much work!
* Generally socialize and talk to new and old friends about what I'm doing to help me remember all of above :)

Today I walked all the way across town, read the NYT outside at the Ferry Building Farmers' Market, drank a lot of Blue Bottle coffee, and have been being 'wifey' at home. Good stuff for a day of blue skies.