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facing the punching
One quote that sums up your 2025 is… Easy come, easy go. In many ways I signed up for a kind of trial of instability. Not locking into regularly scheduled employment for a couple years, taking gigs, doing contracts, picking at projects, working part time, going back to school, et cetera, et cetera… it all
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actually right
What was your biggest achievement of the last year? Here it is again. I find I’m often getting tired of writing about my professional pursuits. And after all, sitting here penning out another post telling you all about them and how great it is going with the tech jobs is the so-called “right” answer. I’m
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ask me again next year
Compared to this time last year are you happier or sadder? At the end of this month it will have been exactly two and a half years since I left that stable job and set out on an adventure of random and self employment. Two. And a half. Years. It was a story of burnout
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fear of stupid
What do you wish you’d done less of this past year? I have a terrible case of something I’m going to call FOGWI… or fear of giving the wrong impression. It is awkward to admit it, but I really find that I (often subconsciously) make stupid choices about even the most mundane choices because I
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lucid professionalism
What made your job interesting in 2025? Some people may incorrectly tell you that technically I don’t have a job. They are wrong. I am not traditionally employed these days, true, but I do in a very real sense work for myself… which is a huge job and a lot of work. Living the dream…