where am i?
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under Personal
I am currently trying to hash out exactly what I love and what I love to do to provide future guidance to my career and life. Of course I love my family very much. I also love the following things:
- I love to change my way of thinking. A great example here would be when you watch a couple of TED videos, it can pretty much blow your mind and cause you to think in a way that you’re not used to thinking.
- Associate things in completely different fields. This point also ties into the TED talks, but if you look back in the history of invention and innovation, a lot of times a very practical and successful invention was made by applying a rule or a thought in one area of study to another.
- Technology. This is a much more general field of interest which I have known about since I was very young.
- Automation is something I’ve been somewhat interested in since college when I did a project on home automation.
- Innovation. I think this word is way too much of a buzzword now, however, I love it and the Firefox extension “Ubiquity” is an example of it.
- Theoretical Quantum physics. There, I said it.
I hope that something will bump me in the right direction.
New Job
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under Uncategorized
So I got a new job and started this week. I’ve never been so oddly calm about not having a job.. well.. ever. This is the first time I’ve not had a job since I was 16. Two months without one wasn’t bad at all though. I got to know my son, Elek, better. I learned how to bake bread. I learned a lot more about cooking. I read more. I learned about unemployment, when and how to register. I learned about using your contacts to find a job. Learned a little about how it would feel if I couldn’t get a job at all (desperation). I learned how to relax a little. I learned how valuable one’s time is. I fixed up my old Brio train for Elek. I was fortunate enough to switch places with my lovely wife to understand what she went through when I was at work and she wasn’t. She also learned what it felt like to be me. Because I was able to relax while doing everything possible to get a job, I definitely was happy during this time off. It could have been the opposite. I’m very thankful for any and all help I got during this time. While I know the economy has not hit bottom yet, I’m ever optimistic about where it will take us. I’m just here for the ride.
Tags: Economy, Employment, Job, Life
