In my old journal(s) (before they were called blogs) I used to do self check-ups every now and then. This is where I’m at in life, what I’ve done since the last check-up, and where I want to go.
Let’s start with some basics. I’m 26 years old, married to a wonderful woman, and have a son who is going to turn 1 year old on Sunday. Frightening how quickly the past year has gone, as I never believed my parents when they told me how my childhood went by in a blink.
The unfortunately obvious statement of the year: I work a lot. Too much probably. But that’s what it takes to get the job done, and so that’s what I do. I hope to not always have to, but this is where I am right now.
I have far too many hobbies, all of which are too expensive, and none of which I get to spend any time with. I try to do too much. I’m an engineer, entrepreneur, author, film-maker, musician, and gamer. And because I try to do too much, I have little to show but a pile of half-finished projects, because something always interrupts me. I used to lie to myself and tell myself that someday I’d get back to them all and see them all finished…but I know better now. I’m an absolute gadget-whore. I love my little toys. And I fall into the same pattern: I get a new interest, I spend a lot of money on it (I’ll make a post on the logic behind this later…), and learn everything I can. Then, almost every time, I learn everything I can about this interest, and suddenly there aren’t piles of things to learn, and my interest dwindles, and I move on to something else. I guess I’m constantly on the search for interests that won’t disappear in a year or so, once I’ve learned everything I can.
Wow, that was a surprisingly honest post, considering this was meant to be a little introduction, but hey, honesty, especially with yourself, can only lead to good.
Future posts coming: My love of cell-phones, and why I have to always buy the best.
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