Will B.Happy is a family friend who recently saw his dotcom blow up out in San Diego.  Frustrated and wanting to start over, he and his wife, Ima, (not their real names btw), moved across country to NY.  From time to time, he writes on what he is going through.

 

Time to reflect and learn.

It is a fact, you can’t “look, email, talk, chase, run after or pursue a job” every moment of every day.   A good friend of mine who is highly creative cites a study that says we are “creative” for 2-3 15 minute spurts per day.

 

Ima and I try to step away from the keyboard and go for walks etc. occassionally for a breather.  I also try to use the time I have been given via this situation, to learn and give.

 

As a fellow who grew up in a small Midwestern town, I am forever being considered “a boy scout” by those around me.  I am OK with that, I think one of the best things in life is to know who you are and to stick to it.  In that vain I have been reading and thinking and learning.  I am reading a book about meaning in the workplace called “meaning inc.”  very interesting stuff.  I would recommend it for anyone who has the time. 

 

If you are going to spend most of your adult life doing something, you better care about it and make sure that if you are a manager, the people who are doing it care about.  If your life is about punching the clock, better chase a new life.

 

Chances are you are reading this online.  You have more knowledge, information and choices of what do with your life than 80% of the people alive today.  Use that to make yourself and other people happy.  Another great meaning book, is Victor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning.“  If you have read it, re-read it.  Great stuff on the importance of purpose.

 

Ima just heard today her father who lives abroad has lymph cancer.  This has not been an easy period.   We are focusing on the important things and the things we can control.  We are looking for the small things in life to be thankful for.