Not enough time

It really has been a busy couple of weeks for me and I haven’t been able to find the time to blog. Hopefully, I’m over the hump and can commit to posting regularly again.

Here’s a summary/update of what’s been happening:

I finished up at work with the following words …

Daryl Cook wrote on 05/08/2005:

> “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has
> genius, power, and magic in it.”
> — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have no regrets about leaving, and the last couple of weeks has proved to me that my decision was the right one. Whilst starting a new job is always difficult and it usually takes a while to hit the ground running, I’ve found my feet and I am exited about the challenges in front of me. One thing that immediately strikes me is the difference in energy levels and enthusiasm. In short, the culture is different — very different!

It’s been a time for catching up with old acquaintances, which has been a bit surreal. Not only am I working with former colleagues Nick and Marty, but also caught up with Ash and Rob for lunch last week (and bumped into Helen at the same time). I also spoke with Daniel and Paul.

The family and I also spent last weekend down at Venus Bay with Tim and his family. Incidentally, the weather was great — the kids even went into the ocean. You gotta love Melbourne weather!

It’s been great to catch up with everyone.

I’ve also been wrapping up some consulting work, which I’d been doing outside of work. I’ve learnt some real lessons out of that … you’ve really got to be careful not to bite off more than you can chew — or the client is paying for. Whilst it was OK to over-service client to provide them with the best outcome possible, it ended up consuming a lot of my ’spare’ time over the last week or two than I should have allowed, particularly with all the other stuff going on at the same time. I really enjoyed doing it though and it helped to pay for the PowerBook!

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