Writing My Life
"I must make the best of my only way home."
-- Tom Waits, Never Let Go
I know I haven't been great about keeping up here. In fact, I've been terrible at it. There are a lot of things I've been terrible at in this chapter of my life (and it's been a long chapter, let me tell you). If I want to get back to the place I know I belong, then I have to get better about the things that matter.
This matters. What you're reading matters.
I have a new job now and it's been sucking up a lot of my time, not just during regular business hours, but almost all hours that I'm awake. When I'm not actually working, I'm thinking about work which means I'm not writing. If I'm not writing, then I'm not making any progress in the journey back. The mission is failing.
I think what I need to do is figure out better time management skills so that I can be most effective at work. The job, product ownership of a flagship software product, is a big responsibility with lots of moving parts. If I can manage to get all my work done for the week inside the time I spend at the office, then I can spend more time on my own projects and actually start making some real progress toward getting back to where I belong.
I also need to be more dedicated to writing. It is a practice that I all too often find excuses to ignore. Like it's a talent that will always be there when I need it, but if I'm honest with myself, my writing has suffered from the long hiatus. This right here is okay, but I've done much better in the past. Much better. It will take some time and lots of self-discipline to maintain a strict schedule of daily writing, but I have to do it if I'm going to become the man I want to be.
-- Tom Waits, Never Let Go
I know I haven't been great about keeping up here. In fact, I've been terrible at it. There are a lot of things I've been terrible at in this chapter of my life (and it's been a long chapter, let me tell you). If I want to get back to the place I know I belong, then I have to get better about the things that matter.
This matters. What you're reading matters.
I have a new job now and it's been sucking up a lot of my time, not just during regular business hours, but almost all hours that I'm awake. When I'm not actually working, I'm thinking about work which means I'm not writing. If I'm not writing, then I'm not making any progress in the journey back. The mission is failing.
I think what I need to do is figure out better time management skills so that I can be most effective at work. The job, product ownership of a flagship software product, is a big responsibility with lots of moving parts. If I can manage to get all my work done for the week inside the time I spend at the office, then I can spend more time on my own projects and actually start making some real progress toward getting back to where I belong.
I also need to be more dedicated to writing. It is a practice that I all too often find excuses to ignore. Like it's a talent that will always be there when I need it, but if I'm honest with myself, my writing has suffered from the long hiatus. This right here is okay, but I've done much better in the past. Much better. It will take some time and lots of self-discipline to maintain a strict schedule of daily writing, but I have to do it if I'm going to become the man I want to be.
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