Only 2 posts in the past 6 weeks!
Category Lesson for today
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Eeeks. How has this happened? I know I'm not the most prolific blogger in the universe but this is ridiculous!
So, why the silence? Well, if I'd got my 5h1t together then I'm sure there'd have been more but.....................yeh yeh, same old same old.
If the truth be know (and I'm not one to shirk responsibility) it's my own fault. Bad time management primarily but also a blinkered professional pride that diverted my attentions from the things that matter most. I'm talking about family and friends!
At the top of this tree of family and friends there's the wife (She Who Must Be Obeyed) - the Mother of our 3 children. No matter what kind of a rut, what kind of problem or responsibility you have, if you have wife, husband or partner (I may be old but I'm not senile - yet) you have to remember the reason(s) why you got married.
If those reason are no longer valid (and I hasten to emphasize that's not the case in my situation) then you're on the wrong road. Looking around at people I know I can't see anything worse than trying to hang on to a relationship just for the sake of it. If there is still something there then it's worth putting in the effort to make it work!
Next layer down are the kids. I refer to my children as kids but in essence at least 2 of them are now young adults. OK, the eldest 2 still have a few "lessons of life" to learn but on the whole, they've done the probation and there now out in the "big wide world". But as a parent, they're always going to be you kids. No matter how old they are, No matter how far away they live. They'll always be your kids.
Then come your friends.
Some of them you don't see from one year to the next but you still have the odd (and I mean that in the old sense of the work) IM chat. They call you on your VoIP connection. But sometimes they won't even pick up the phone when you call, or they won't respond to your emails or IM pings. When that happens, you know something's gone wrong and it needs to be sorted out.
This started about half-an-hour ago as a quick post to let everyone know I was still alive and it's turned into something I don't often - if ever - write on the blog.
Suffice-it-to-say, make sure you get your priorities right. Work may be important but not more important than you family life.
Finally, I'd like to wish Rocky and Bob all the best in their new roles within IBM/Lotus. I can't say any more than has already been said - and mostly by people more noteworthy than me - but to me it shows IBM's commitment to the future of Domino and what's to come after it.
Best of luck and see you in Orlando in January!!!
Bookmark :
Eeeks. How has this happened? I know I'm not the most prolific blogger in the universe but this is ridiculous!
So, why the silence? Well, if I'd got my 5h1t together then I'm sure there'd have been more but.....................yeh yeh, same old same old.
If the truth be know (and I'm not one to shirk responsibility) it's my own fault. Bad time management primarily but also a blinkered professional pride that diverted my attentions from the things that matter most. I'm talking about family and friends!
At the top of this tree of family and friends there's the wife (She Who Must Be Obeyed) - the Mother of our 3 children. No matter what kind of a rut, what kind of problem or responsibility you have, if you have wife, husband or partner (I may be old but I'm not senile - yet) you have to remember the reason(s) why you got married.
If those reason are no longer valid (and I hasten to emphasize that's not the case in my situation) then you're on the wrong road. Looking around at people I know I can't see anything worse than trying to hang on to a relationship just for the sake of it. If there is still something there then it's worth putting in the effort to make it work!
Next layer down are the kids. I refer to my children as kids but in essence at least 2 of them are now young adults. OK, the eldest 2 still have a few "lessons of life" to learn but on the whole, they've done the probation and there now out in the "big wide world". But as a parent, they're always going to be you kids. No matter how old they are, No matter how far away they live. They'll always be your kids.
Then come your friends.
Some of them you don't see from one year to the next but you still have the odd (and I mean that in the old sense of the work) IM chat. They call you on your VoIP connection. But sometimes they won't even pick up the phone when you call, or they won't respond to your emails or IM pings. When that happens, you know something's gone wrong and it needs to be sorted out.
This started about half-an-hour ago as a quick post to let everyone know I was still alive and it's turned into something I don't often - if ever - write on the blog.
Suffice-it-to-say, make sure you get your priorities right. Work may be important but not more important than you family life.
Finally, I'd like to wish Rocky and Bob all the best in their new roles within IBM/Lotus. I can't say any more than has already been said - and mostly by people more noteworthy than me - but to me it shows IBM's commitment to the future of Domino and what's to come after it.
Best of luck and see you in Orlando in January!!!