Ah, no-workout Thursday, how I love you.
Aug. 20th, 2009 10:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonIt's been a good day. My minion at work gave a wonderful presentation that was officially the last thing I had asked of him. So, he's graduated and is no longer my minion, he's just another Zillian cog and I think he's off to a fabulous start. Since I was tasked with getting him up and running, his success is a major success for me this quarter, and I now officially don't have to keep him busy anymore. Fabulous!
On the software side, I've clawed my way out from a pile of bugs and small tasks to get back to the major refactoring that is supposed to be my primary project, so that makes me happy too.
Had coffee with a good friend tonight, and we shared some commiserations... someone recently asked him "what's your five-year plan?" and he was caught a bit flat-footed. Well, I don't have a five-year plan either, and I too feel vaguely irresponsible about that on occasion. I sort of wish the universe was orderly enough that I could have one that made any sense, but in truth, every five years of my life has brought things I never anticipated, and some of those things have been wonderful.
So, my plan for the next five years is to be as smart, fit, kind and competent as I can be. As opportunities and problems arise, I plan to act on them with all the grace, savvy and wisdom that are available to me at the time. It won't be an entirely reactionary life, but some of it will need to be, because big things will happen to disrupt my original plans. And 95 percent of it will be ad-libbed. Tonight I feel okay about that.
On the software side, I've clawed my way out from a pile of bugs and small tasks to get back to the major refactoring that is supposed to be my primary project, so that makes me happy too.
Had coffee with a good friend tonight, and we shared some commiserations... someone recently asked him "what's your five-year plan?" and he was caught a bit flat-footed. Well, I don't have a five-year plan either, and I too feel vaguely irresponsible about that on occasion. I sort of wish the universe was orderly enough that I could have one that made any sense, but in truth, every five years of my life has brought things I never anticipated, and some of those things have been wonderful.
So, my plan for the next five years is to be as smart, fit, kind and competent as I can be. As opportunities and problems arise, I plan to act on them with all the grace, savvy and wisdom that are available to me at the time. It won't be an entirely reactionary life, but some of it will need to be, because big things will happen to disrupt my original plans. And 95 percent of it will be ad-libbed. Tonight I feel okay about that.
