Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

Today was a fantastic day. I didn't go skydiving, or meet a celebrity, or eat at a fancy restaurant. Nope. I spent the day at home, with the family, finishing up projects that I've started over the past few months and haven't been able to finish. It feels Awesome. And here are the highlights. A few weeks ago I painted one wall and then the closet this blue/purple color. We then moved the dresser in there, and that was it. So finally today, we put up the shelves, cleaned all the junk off the floor and put it back, found a tension rod to hang some sheer curtains, and voila! The day was underway. Then I looked at these sad letters that I started painting a little while ago. They were sad because I accidentally used ceiling paint instead of the white gloss, and I knew I'd be back at square one. I'm not such a fan of square one the second time around. So I dug up some spray paint figuring that even 20 coats of spray paint would take about the same amount o...

A couple of potentially unrelated thoughts: Many of my friends who are in the corporate world seem to be having the same issues. Work is becoming increasingly stressful, and Companies are seeming to be less employee friendly with the resounding gong ringing "quit your whining and stop acting so entitled". It could just be that we're all moving up into the more political stratosphere of the job and were blissfully ignorant before, which is leading to Identity crisis seem to be the name of the game lately. What path am I on? I've spent years mastering this one but it's not too late to change. (With the unspoken thought that soon it WILL be too late to change). Is this just because of Hitting the 30 mark seems to go hand in hand with revisiting "What do I want to be when I grow up?" I've always respected my parents, but having kids makes me appreciate them in new ways every day (no surprise). Little did I realize that emptying the dishw...