Musings on life and change
I was talking to a friend I haven't spoken to in about a year and we were playing catchup. He's now in Connecticut, his wife is going to Yale, and he's a software architect for ESPN. Me? Single and still at the same job I was at the last time we spoke. :)
Overall I'm happy with my life but I have to admit for a while I felt a bit lacking, like what have I done with my life. Then I reminded myself that everyone has their own path in life. There seems to be this idea you have to always be improving your life by some objective criteria: more money is usually the only accepted criteria. Still, there's nothing wrong with changing your life the way my friend has just like there's nothing wrong with keeping your life the same the way I have.
Also found out today that a former co-worker died in his sleep last night. This guy was young, relatively speaking, to die that way; somewhere around 37. No one knows exactly how he died yet but knowing his personality I wouldn't be surprised if he died from stress. He worked crazy hours and had a volatile temper. He achieved a measure of greatness by the world's standards. Got an MBA, moved into a CIO position at a state university, had a hot (if bitchy) wife, drove a nice car, had a nice house. I can only hope he was happy with his life when he died.