…time to retire them.
I’ve had these for a few years. I bought them when I was in Pennsylvania as running shoes. And they ended up becoming everyday-wear and even made a trek around the globe.
But maybe it’s time to retire them.
Category: life
We don’t need no stinking maps!
It’s comforting to have a figurative road map to guide your way in life.
Perhaps it outlines certain things you must do. Maybe a list of things that indicate success and clearly guide the way to the next step. Achievements to be made. By when.
But do you want to grow?
To really grow?
Step outside of your comfort zone. Well-outside of it. Leave nothing behind to which you can cling assuring you of a safe place to return.
It’s entirely possible that you’ll find that you’ve stepped so far beyond your own comfort zone that no map or process in the world can guide you.
And that’s good. Excellent, actually.
You’ll be defining your own processes and maps to let other people find their way to you.
With certainty, this isn’t for everyone.
But for some, it’s necessary. It’s critical to their growth. And when those few grow, it will help society and culture to find their way.
Ah, Interwebs…
Where would we be without them?
Shirley, you can’t be serious.
Who says you can’t work from an iPad?
In fairness, I wasn’t doing any low-level dev work — no code. But was doing some higher-level management type work. So, this whole remote/iPad work thing has started to make sense for me in some limited cases.
Hitting Rock Bottom?
Go have watch, and listen, and resonate:
…or a Shattered Assumption of the kind that blindsides you at 4PM… on a Friday… right before a holiday weekend… with family arriving to lazily and quite happily spend the week with you… while at the same moment, ambulances rush to take your broken body and very shattered life to a trauma center where dozens or hundreds of people work hard to save you. And you don’t have that realization until that groggy, amnesic period after awakening from the prolonged coma.
Oh… wait… sorry.
You know, a few years before that happened, I’d come to the conclusion that the best way to grow would be to step outside of your comfort-zone. Far beyond your comfort zone.
Detach yourself from any of the comforts one might enjoy in their daily life: restaurants, work, your home, people you know — even the city or nation that you know.
the rest of me 