It’s February and this is my second post of the year. Not a great start. Things have gone from bad to worse at work. It’s taking up a lot of my time. I’m job hunting for myself, trying to find roles for my team internally, and being ridden like a rented mule by my new… Continue reading Derisking
Category: life
My Goals for 2026
Happy New Year! We entered 2026 on a Thursday, so I can only hope that you kicked off the year with a four day weekend. It’s handy for mental states, but really tough if you want to start your health and fitness goals. As we kick off this arbitrary change in date I’m thinking about… Continue reading My Goals for 2026
This is Bad. It Could be Worse
For the past year I have written about needing to make a change at my job. Things have been getting progressively worse since our department fell under the “leadership” of a largely unqualified individual. For one reason or another, this person had an issue with my team and was slowly dismantling it. This week I… Continue reading This is Bad. It Could be Worse
Nobody is Paying Attention to You
This is as much a reminder to myself as it is to others. This past weekend my friends rented a charter fishing boat for their son’s birthday party. Four hours trapped on a boat with two dozen eight year old’s is a far cry from the relaxing football Sunday I’d hoped to have, but you… Continue reading Nobody is Paying Attention to You
Net Worth Milestone: Two Million
Unlike the time I became a liquid asset millionaire, I’ve known that August 15 2025 would be a milestone day for quite some time. With the current market, and especially Tech sector turbulence, I didn’t think this would be a sure thing. But the positive market conditions held, despite a 20% drop in my own… Continue reading Net Worth Milestone: Two Million
Confession: I Bought a Brand New BMW
I mentioned this in a couple of recent posts, and let me be clear (it’s post election 2025 America and the phrase “let me be clear” has been used so much I want to vomit), this is in no way a brag or a humble brag, or whatever type of bragging is in fashion today,… Continue reading Confession: I Bought a Brand New BMW
Responsibility
(I’m going full stream of consciousness again. I think the long, cold, rainy early spring is getting to me. I’m going to try not to skew too negative and be grateful at some point.) Feed the fish, feed the dog, feed the kids, feed the fucking sourdough, feed myself at some point, but it’s gotten… Continue reading Responsibility
2024 Goals Reviewed
Here we are with two weeks remaining in 2024 and I can’t believe how little I posted this year. In my defense, I was out enjoying life for most of the year, and then for the rest of the year I was suffering the fallout of reorg hell. Each year I try to set out… Continue reading 2024 Goals Reviewed
Understanding Provisional Living: Break Free from Future Illusions
A while back I wrote about how the book Die with Zero messed with my head. The long and short is that I spent a lot of years of my life focusing on the future and not paying a lot of attention to the present. I talked about how I gave myself permission to spend… Continue reading Understanding Provisional Living: Break Free from Future Illusions
I’m Doing Enough, I Need to do More
Fair warning, this post is going up as an unpolished stream of consciousness. I took a walk this morning. It wasn’t very long. I walked on my treadmill with the incline set to five while I read a book for 20 minutes. Reading gave me time to think. Then I got on my rower and… Continue reading I’m Doing Enough, I Need to do More
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