Hindsight is 2020

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

In the just passed (observed) decade I:

• Had a second kid.
• Found out both kids are on the Autism Spectrum.
• Went into massive medical debt getting them therapy.
• Had five jobs - plus a wee bit of freelancing.
• Got fired for the first time.
• Started a ridiculous quest - to see a home game at every FBS football school.
• Tried and failed to build my own company at least three times (maybe more if we count landing pages).
• Had the two most rewarding jobs of my career (in two very different ways).
• Lost contact with a lot of friends and family.
• Grew to love Indianapolis and become frustrated with Indiana.
• Quit smoking after doing so pretty regularly since college.

As I look forward to the next (observed) decade:

• I’ll get to see those kids graduate high school and start college (or get darn close). OMFG.
• I’ll try to teach those kids to drive.
• I intend to make a lot more progress on my quest.
• Sometime in there, that debt load should clear - at least I surely hope so.
• As my kids get older, it should get easier to keep up with folks.
• Do what I can to improve Indy - even if it’s just picking up litter.
• Cook a lot more.
• Travel a lot more.
• Double down on the good stuff, the stuff I like, and try to minimize the stuff I don’t.
• Screw up just as much stuff - if not more - than I did the last ten years.