A Strange Journey
What is going on in my head lately?
I have been thinking alot about my job lately. On July 6th I will have been working at the same company for 7 years. Now, my official hire date is something like October 31, 1999, but that is because that was when we became Aerotech Labs. I certainly have never worked anywhere for this long, and it has made me start thinking alot about my career.
I don't know if I would have seen me in my current position as Semi-Volatile's Manager 5 years ago, so it is hard to imagine where I will be in another 5 years. For the first time I have begun to consider the idea that I may want to become a laboratory director, and maybe even more.
Its strange... the path I took to get from here to there is clear from this side of things, but I never could have precited it on the day I graduated from college. So, that leads me to wonder is there any real purpose to thinking about what the future holds? When I am 43 will things be at all what I expected? I doubt it, so maybe I should just enjoy the ride...
Still, sometimes I wonder if my laissez faire attitude toward my life has prevented me from realizing my full potential. If I really focused on a particular goal, wouldn't I get further in life? Or, if I had such tunnel vision, would it prevent me from seizing opportunities that arose along the way?
One thing that has been in my mind alot lately is the whole global warming issue. I feel like I should be a part of this somehow, but I don't know how to get involved. I could join an activist group, but there several things that concern me. One, I am not a good person for getting out and trying to "recruit" people to the cause. I think my basic attitude is, if you are too stupid to know this is an important thing to do then screw you. Second, I really want to be involved in making of policy, and I don't think there is an easy way to do that. Third, I really don't have much time to devote to this... but then I think if it is really important then I will make the time. I don't know... and the other part of me feels like something big is going to happen soon. Maybe I'm crazy, or maybe ite my intuition, or maybe I'm just lazy...
All this leads me to one inescapable conclusion... When I was a kid I thought I would know what I was doing and why I was doing it when I grew up. The reality is I'm just making it up as I go along... and I don't even know if that's a good thing or a bad thing! Sheesh! :-)
I have been thinking alot about my job lately. On July 6th I will have been working at the same company for 7 years. Now, my official hire date is something like October 31, 1999, but that is because that was when we became Aerotech Labs. I certainly have never worked anywhere for this long, and it has made me start thinking alot about my career.
I don't know if I would have seen me in my current position as Semi-Volatile's Manager 5 years ago, so it is hard to imagine where I will be in another 5 years. For the first time I have begun to consider the idea that I may want to become a laboratory director, and maybe even more.
Its strange... the path I took to get from here to there is clear from this side of things, but I never could have precited it on the day I graduated from college. So, that leads me to wonder is there any real purpose to thinking about what the future holds? When I am 43 will things be at all what I expected? I doubt it, so maybe I should just enjoy the ride...
Still, sometimes I wonder if my laissez faire attitude toward my life has prevented me from realizing my full potential. If I really focused on a particular goal, wouldn't I get further in life? Or, if I had such tunnel vision, would it prevent me from seizing opportunities that arose along the way?
One thing that has been in my mind alot lately is the whole global warming issue. I feel like I should be a part of this somehow, but I don't know how to get involved. I could join an activist group, but there several things that concern me. One, I am not a good person for getting out and trying to "recruit" people to the cause. I think my basic attitude is, if you are too stupid to know this is an important thing to do then screw you. Second, I really want to be involved in making of policy, and I don't think there is an easy way to do that. Third, I really don't have much time to devote to this... but then I think if it is really important then I will make the time. I don't know... and the other part of me feels like something big is going to happen soon. Maybe I'm crazy, or maybe ite my intuition, or maybe I'm just lazy...
All this leads me to one inescapable conclusion... When I was a kid I thought I would know what I was doing and why I was doing it when I grew up. The reality is I'm just making it up as I go along... and I don't even know if that's a good thing or a bad thing! Sheesh! :-)