I am unique

Someone recently referred to me as unique. At first it took me aback, but after careful thought it has come to my attention that I am unique. My own individual, my own perspectives, thoughts, tastes and ultimately my own free spirit. Funny that this should come as such a shock after the many years I've sought to be different, to choose the less travelled path, to live as it were to the beat of my own drum. I suppose that I strove so long to find my own unique identity that I didn't realize that I had found it and that I was living it. As many of you who read this blog know, I don't post very often, my life being the tumultous adventure that it is affords me less time to indulge in my writing as I'd like. It has occurred to me from time to time to get up the energy to blog and then somehow life gets in the way and I forget. Sometimes life is just too routine and I don't reallly have much to say. My own personal journal would attest to this last point. I haven't journaled regularly in weeks and when I do I find myself repeating the same things almost like a meditation. I've come to a point where I'm trying to enjoy life day by day, with Autumn now upon us I'm always reminded how the life around me will slowlly be buried in snow and that the grass and flowers will lie dormant waiting for yet another Spring to come and liberate them from their white blanket. Although it's time for me to move all of my hobbies indoors I can't help but wonder what this Winter will bring. For me personally I have many challenges both personal and professional that will tax my every working and non-working moment. My electric vehicle project has taken a life of its own and will compel me to work long hours during the Winter in a rather chilly garage. My goal is to put the car on the road by Spring time and for this to happen I must be diligent in every step of the conversion and multiply my efforts to reach solutions to some of the problems that have been bothering me.
My work life is also in for some terrific changes, I may be up for a rather imporant promotion and I'm still hesitant as to whether I want to take it or not. It's not that I lack ambition, far from that, it is just that this type of work will tax elements of my psyche that lately have been buried under years of neglect, mainly I'm talking about my people skills. I've worked for the latter part of 8 years in IT and have developed an appreciation for working by myself and getting things done. Now I'm facing having to get other people to apply themselves and finish tasks on time. This will be challenging to say the least and all my years of technological experience will not really help. I'm a few weeks from the actual decisive date and I'll keep this blog posted as to what happens.
My personal life will also see some adjustments as I've been burning the candle at both ends, as they say, keeping a full-time job and moonlighting as a technical writer in the evenings and on weekends. The lack of relaxation and recreational time has started taking its toll. I need to relax in the evenings and not work so hard. To this end I plan on cutting back my moonlighting and allowing myself a bit of breating room. Once I've taken on my new responsibilities at work I will need the time to unwind and to do something completely different. I love listening to podcasts and to music, so I could indulge in a bit more of that. I can spend more time with my wife and daughter or perhaps curl up with a good book which is something I haven't done in a long long time. Regardless of what I decide to do, the next few months will certainly be some of change and getting back to a slower pace, at least at home. I have many projects backlogged in my workshop, small things needing no more than a few nights or a few weekends to finish. I'd like to get those off my chest as well as continue on my basement/office renovations. I recently started to wire up the electric sockets and hope to finish those up in the next few weeks as more walls go up. I'll have more news as work progresses. For now I'll finish here and sitting here in bed I wonder what the next few months will bring. My little girl will be 3 in February, I will be 42 and yet I've still got some zing left in me. I wonder what news will happen and if the world will look any different in the next few years. I have a very short-term life plan for now and perhaps when I have more time I'd like to go through my wish list. For now I'll go to sleep and rest for tomorrow is another new day full of possibilities.