Comments on: Telos

By: Toe

Toe — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:14:16 +0000

You know what they say about all work and no play. Maybe it’s time for a vacation?

By: [F]oxymoron

[F]oxymoron — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:52:40 +0000

I like the last bold statement. That’s emboldening… is that a word?!?

By: cari

cari — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:48:25 +0000

i’d have to go with verybadcat on this one. sometimes, in order to advance in one area, you have to give up another area. since you’ve put professional and personal out there, i’ll run with those. it’s obvious that you’ve put personal on the back burner for professional. which works for some people. however, you don’t seem to be 100% satisfied with that. so in order to advance personally, professionally will have to take the back burner sometimes. the key word being SOMETIMES. sometimes you DON’T do work so that you can go out and have friends, get to know them better, TAKE A BREAK FROM WORKING. and then even get a good night’s sleep every now and again. i do believe that you can have both, it’s just hard and it takes saying ‘no’ to some things. sometimes it’s no to friends, sometimes it’s no to work. but you can have both. i know you can. you just have to figure out when that can happen, when it’s ok to say ‘i’m not working tonight’ and do something else.
other than that, i don’t think anyone else can tell you what to do. only nico can tell you that. or perhaps your muse…

By: Cessie

Cessie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:27:54 +0000

As it seems you’ve come to this realization while being in a good place (as opposed to hitting rock bottom before being enlightened) – maybe you’ve been in an incubation stage during the last few months/years, where you’ve been constantly immersed and sort of enjoyed it and enjoyed being able to stay in it so long. But since you’ve recently started to think thoughts of taking care of other sides of your person – alright then. Maybe it’s time to venture up to the surface for air. :)

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:38:24 +0000

I think you should be the first ever unicorn CEO that is a professor.

And then make me vice president fairy or something.

By: brad

brad — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:17:17 +0000

I actually think the goal is to always be asking; to not feel 100% settled and comfortable. I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but then I think of the alternative: to work for a moment when I don’t want for anything. And I don’t want that.

So maybe the goal is to make sure that, as often as you can be, you’re building blocks that lead you to new, exciting, previously unimagined building blocks. Maybe the goal is just progress.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:41:20 +0000

Hehe, yeah, been there, done that. Did web-based stuff since I was 12. Was a lot of fun (especially during the dot-com boom), but… enough is enough.

As you say, there has to be an end point, an attainable goal. But I don’t think many people actually reach that goal. Most people are just happy with money, a home, family, happiness, etc.

If you need to revise your goals/aspirations, then do so :)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:27:20 +0000

I think what the internet needs is one to rule it all.

By: verybadcat

verybadcat — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:55:11 +0000

Sometimes, on a random evening, I realize that I’ve been so buried in work and the house and the internets that I can’t remember my last brush with life in the outside world.

I shut down the computer, pack up my work files, and put some clothes on that I wouldn’t mind having my picture taken in.

Then I get in the car and go. Go downtown and window shop. Go out to dinner. Go meet a friend for drinks. Go to Target and spend money I probably shouldn’t, after standing in line for thirty minutes just for a hot cocoa. I just wander aimlessly sometimes, looking for something I can’t quite put my finger on.

Though none of these trips alone has really resulted in anything amazing yet, they do remind me that my personal life is my responsibility to develop and maintain, just like my professional life, and that when I’m old and gray, it won’t be spreadsheets, financial statements and blog comments that I’ll wish I could do all over again.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:53:54 +0000

The internet… its not just for porn anymore.

Keep at it man, just because you cant see an end goal doesnt mean that there isnt one.

Also? Im with Doni, I vote unicorn as well.