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where am i?

Peter Owen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:43:47 +0000

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

Peter Owen — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:48:49 +0000

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.