rockwiz++

I have had many of these reflective re-evaluations in my life and my career. When I finished school, I started a fourteen year career writing movie scripts that was supported (more or less) by my programming talents. Everything was about the success that was going to come tomorrow, and my bets got longer and longer. My writing partner died on me, setting me free of the obligation, but by that time I had had plenty of time to analyze the mistakes in my thought processes and my ethics in detail.

When I met my future wife, I started to see that I was in severe denial about the way my two companies and my time spent as a high-flying entrepreneur (as well as in politics and advocacy and youth mentoring) were taking me down a path that led straight to bankruptcy. Julie and Jacob provided the impetus for me to create this job position at the Labs, and having them as my anchor is really helping me fashion a life that is full and complete and worthwhile.

I am fortunate that I never had a full seize-up like you describe, but that's because I had a self-made conscience in my head that I always listened to. I often put off doing what it and I realized needed to be done, but there always came a time when it was clear that changing course was imperative.

In reply to Re^2: Look at the Big Picture by samizdat
in thread Look at the Big Picture by samizdat

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