The Big Trey Trey
Well, today is my 33rd birthday, and I come to this milestone during one of the most exciting yet uncertain times of my life. I continue to make progress in a fulfilling yet demanding career. My wife successfully completed her Ph.D. and is now a college professor. We have two amazing boys and a baby girl on the way. However, the two biggest areas of concern in my life are the amount of travel required of my job and the amount of my potential I'm achieving in my life.
The travel concern is one that I am actively trying to address by applying to other departments in my company. That will allow me to continue working in an outstanding organization while (hopefully) reducing my travel. I have seen some hopeful signs so far, but I will have to wait a few weeks to see if my applications are accepted.
The concern about my potential is harder to define and address. I have done fairly well so far: college educated, home owner, husband, father of three, decade of experience in corporate America. However, I often wonder is this all that I can do? If I stay on this course, I see myself climbing the corporate ladder and landing in the C suite of some Fortune 100 company. While I can see that path providing opportunities to pursue my passions, are there passions that I can only pursue through other avenues? As can be seen by this blog, I am have a strong interest in technology, and I would love the opportunity to expand into some form of technology journalism. That is one of the reasons that I started this blog, and I have ideas about how to make additional progress in this area. Additionally, I have other non-technical areas of interest that I plan to pursue, but I will keep them to myself for now.
I look forward to this entrance into the thirty-fourth year of life. I already see extreme challenges around and ahead of me, but I am hopeful of at least a few victories.
December 4th, 2007 - 20:28
You know, I used to have a hang-up about turning 33: some mingled guilty/Jesus issues. Doesn’t matter any more. I got past it OK.
Man, where you are in your life is where my daddy wanted me to be at that age. He would have said you were on top of the world and that you had it made.
I’m pretty cool with the way I am. I wish you a very happy birthday and many happy returns of the day!
I’m happy for you, Anjuan. Maybe a little envious, but only a little
Pax,
Nelson