contemplation one

its another weekend, and another time for nothing new to take place. it’s strange sitting at the local coffee shop waiting to get back home, but there is time for contemplation.

contemplation is an important thing i think because it helps a person figure things out.

what i’m thinking about is how to really take my brand to the next level. you won’t find my brand here on “a place for words” because its not the focus of my blogging and career-oriented work. that stuff is all on my main blog that i’m not going to link to from here. call this a separate project from that work entirely.

like many, i’ve worked hard to establish my brand in the new media/social media economy. while i’ve succeeded in some respects, i’ve not made the progress i had hoped for originally. of course, it’s my responsibility for not staying on track and it’s my responsibility to correct that mistake.

so it’s back to some planning work, to see exactly what direction i’ve veered off on and how to correct that.

sorry for not having much point to this post, but it’s really just supposed to be a springboard, a starting point for thinking and doing.

desires

i’m realizing that i have a desire to do something different, to find a new way or path. though i’ve been an information technologies guy for a long time, the fascination with technology has morphed into a passion for using technology.

it used to be very fun for me to simply make things work. technology used to be a grand puzzle that required understanding, time, and planning to make things work like we wanted them to. innovation and technological progress has changed that drastically. now it’s quite simple to do things that once required expensive equipment or software; or required extensive knowledge that was outside of most peoples specialties.

information technology used to be a passion. it used to be the fuel for my career, fulfilling adventure and advancement at the same time. alas, it no longer plays that central role. the technology is still “cool”, and the puzzles are still there, but i find them more and more irrelevant to my desires.

new adventures are calling me, and though my income is still dependent on an information technology role, i just don’t have the passion for it. my desires are taking me elsewhere. on to new experiences and new challenges.