Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: Whups.... life is changing again....

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Whups.... life is changing again....

As of roughly 9:30 this A. M., I joined the ranks of the gainfully unemployed.

Home, I began eliminating the work related software packages and e-mail accounts from my various computational devices..... and weight came off my shoulders as each was deleted.

I have no idea what comes next.... although I'm pretty certain it will involve a month or two of 'relaxation' as I catch up on projects around house and shop. In point of fact, I rather expect to work harder now that I am out of work.... odd as that sounds.

Seriously.... I'm celebrating by brewing a big pot of French Onion soup, and will probably spree on wings and beer at the pub this evening. Beginning tomorrow, the shop is getting a going over and several work areas will be renovated. Along the way, I expect quite a bit of 'stuff' will find it's way to on-line auction. Likely enough to fund several months of bills, unless I miscalculate.

This should be interesting..... REAL damn interesting.

Why am I grinning? Can't seem to stop.....

1 comment:

Old NFO said...: I 'think' it's called freedom... :-); January 22, 2013 at 8:47 PM

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"