21Dec/100
Reflections on 2010 Part One
A few assorted thoughts on 2010.
- Good jobs exist. That probably sounds trite, and only easy to say when you have one. I accept that. And things at work will never be 'perfect' in any sense – this is a broken universe, I am I broken human working with a bunch of other broken humans. But at the end of the day? I get to do a reasonably interesting job for a living wage with a bunch of people I like. In times of economic trouble, it's easy for everyone to get cynical and stop thinking that it's possible to find good work – I'd just like to encourage people that it exists. There is a downside, however, which is...
- Switching from a physical labor type job to an office job makes you fat. I've gained about 25 lbs in the last 12 months. That's disgusting.
- It's nice to know that when I don't have to be somewhere at 3am, I am actually capable of getting somewhere on time. I was beginning to wonder if it would ever happen.
- Wide social circles are only fun when you have time to maintain them. I was once quite pleased that there were so many groups of people I had relationships with and could drop in and out of – when your life ends up being a bit less flexible, what that actually looks like is that you just have a bigger list of “people you could call and hang out with but it would be awkward cuz it's been a while” than most people.
- I don't miss anything about being a teenager, really, except having time to write music. You know the last time I wrote anything? January 2009. Not quite worth going back to being driven to CSU in a minivan, but I do miss being able to spend a few hours a day with a guitar. I guess this must be why rock stars don't have jobs.
...and perhaps the biggest theme that has permeated the year?
Continued tomorrow.
