My new (~6 months old) laptop is in the shop getting vital bits replaced. I have been down since last Friday at 5:00 PM. With the Holidays, and parts availability issues for my custom-built steed, it will be after Christmas before I have my own computer again.
I am still trying to get into the vacation groove. Work-related stress has carried over into my off time. I think I need to take more, short, vacations instead of saving it all until the end of the year. For sure, I need to do more recoil therapy.
Blogging will be light until the computer is back from the shop. In the meantime, go check out the people on the sidebar. I do.
Pax,
Newbius
Showing posts with label stress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stress. Show all posts
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
You know how it is
If you are a reader of my blog, you know how I get sometimes. Too much work all at once, new stuff going on, general ennui at the State of the Union...make Newbius an unhappy boy. Hence the light posting.
Good news? Pizza is doing well.
Bad news? Japan is glowing like an iridescent fish tank under a black light. Oh, and ObeyMe now wants to talk about guns. Bully for him. Maybe he can get hisself down to the range and get edumacated about the subject before he does something stupid.
Never mind...who am I kidding. Cass Sunstein is going to 'nudge' us into a less-than-civil war instead.
I think I am going to pour myself a bourbon...
Newbius
Good news? Pizza is doing well.
Bad news? Japan is glowing like an iridescent fish tank under a black light. Oh, and ObeyMe now wants to talk about guns. Bully for him. Maybe he can get hisself down to the range and get edumacated about the subject before he does something stupid.
Never mind...who am I kidding. Cass Sunstein is going to 'nudge' us into a less-than-civil war instead.
I think I am going to pour myself a bourbon...
Newbius
Friday, September 17, 2010
Bounced the stops last night
Every now and then I guess I need to remind myself why some approaches to problem-solving don't work. It isn't like I didn't have that example in front of me for most of my life. I did. But sometimes I try it. And then it gets ugly.
Tequila is not a painkiller.
Too much of it, and there are pieces to pick up to things that shouldn't get broken. Like relationships. I'll be OK. But it will take some time for things to get better. She understands. She is an amazing woman and I am lucky to have her.
Later on, when the stress at work and elsewhere is lower, things should improve. We'll get through this. We've hit rough patches before. This one is my fault though.
Right now, some apologies are in order.
Newbius
Tequila is not a painkiller.
Too much of it, and there are pieces to pick up to things that shouldn't get broken. Like relationships. I'll be OK. But it will take some time for things to get better. She understands. She is an amazing woman and I am lucky to have her.
Later on, when the stress at work and elsewhere is lower, things should improve. We'll get through this. We've hit rough patches before. This one is my fault though.
Right now, some apologies are in order.
Newbius
Monday, May 3, 2010
The smallest things
Right now, the smallest things are what bring me the most joy, and also the most pain. Little remarks made in passing are blown out of proportion to their import. Little looks, glances, sighs, are sometimes just that. I need to remember that.
On the other hand, I was out and about recently, and happened to stop and notice a small flower peeking through a pile of detritus. It was a small triumph of beauty over mundane useless crap.
Life is like that. Small crap mars an otherwise lovely scene. Small bits of beauty thrive in an otherwise ugly existence.
Two sides of the same coin, perhaps. Maybe the difference is what we are focusing on at the time. Maybe the difference is us, and our perspective on life and our surroundings at any given moment in time.
The desire to escape from an unpleasant situation is sometimes strong. Perhaps the best response at that moment is to take a pause and remind yourself about the good that exists there too. The fact that people know you, and care about you, and love you is sometimes lost when there is friction. Take the time to find the flower in the junk pile. It really is there somewhere.
Pax,
Newbius
On the other hand, I was out and about recently, and happened to stop and notice a small flower peeking through a pile of detritus. It was a small triumph of beauty over mundane useless crap.
Life is like that. Small crap mars an otherwise lovely scene. Small bits of beauty thrive in an otherwise ugly existence.
Two sides of the same coin, perhaps. Maybe the difference is what we are focusing on at the time. Maybe the difference is us, and our perspective on life and our surroundings at any given moment in time.
The desire to escape from an unpleasant situation is sometimes strong. Perhaps the best response at that moment is to take a pause and remind yourself about the good that exists there too. The fact that people know you, and care about you, and love you is sometimes lost when there is friction. Take the time to find the flower in the junk pile. It really is there somewhere.
Pax,
Newbius
Saturday, May 1, 2010
And I thought I was busy before...
So...right now my life consists of forcing 40+ projects with normal process time lines of 9+ months through to completion in under 5 months. In short, I am very busy.
On top of this comes a Very Important Person who wants the same thing for himself, in less than 4 weeks.
And, it isn't like the other people aren't Important either. They are. They just aren't being bullies...
I don't get to say no.
FML
On top of this comes a Very Important Person who wants the same thing for himself, in less than 4 weeks.
And, it isn't like the other people aren't Important either. They are. They just aren't being bullies...
I don't get to say no.
FML
Monday, November 23, 2009
Vacation
I needed one. I was beginning to become a whiny, self-absorbed, grumpy, pompous cretin. Yeah, I know! Hard to believe, right?
Anyway, I was beginning to hate the job that pays my bills, and my performance was suffering. So I took some time off a couple of weeks ago.
What a difference a little down time makes! I looked at my calendar and the last vacation I had taken was almost a year ago. I really need to do a better job of scheduling these things.
I am about to take some more time off. Maybe, as a result of this one, I turn into a nice guy.
OK, Maybe not.
Pax,
Newbius
Anyway, I was beginning to hate the job that pays my bills, and my performance was suffering. So I took some time off a couple of weeks ago.
What a difference a little down time makes! I looked at my calendar and the last vacation I had taken was almost a year ago. I really need to do a better job of scheduling these things.
I am about to take some more time off. Maybe, as a result of this one, I turn into a nice guy.
OK, Maybe not.
Pax,
Newbius
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Taking my own advice...
Too often I get so wrapped up in the events of the day that I forget to slow down and reflect on the good.
Despite all of the issues I go through with work and "stuff", I really am truly blessed. I have 3 wonderful kids, a lovely and talented wife, 4 really awesome cats...and a beagle.
We have a roof over our heads that doesn't leak. We have food and clothing. We have friends. We have each other. Whenever I forget, someone please remind me!
Time to decompress and curl up with a good book.
Peace,
Newbius
Despite all of the issues I go through with work and "stuff", I really am truly blessed. I have 3 wonderful kids, a lovely and talented wife, 4 really awesome cats...and a beagle.
We have a roof over our heads that doesn't leak. We have food and clothing. We have friends. We have each other. Whenever I forget, someone please remind me!
Time to decompress and curl up with a good book.
Peace,
Newbius
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