Another Fiscal Year In The Dust

Ahhhhh…fiscal year 2011 is in the books and for once I finished early. YES!!! It was nice to be able to relax for a week and not have to worry about getting any work done. I spent all week relaxing, working out, catching up on reading and playing just a little poker (OK maybe more than a little LOL). After grinding out work for 12 months a week off (at least) is needed in order to recover from the grind and mentally prepare for the next fiscal year.

On another note, I finished another book this week. The book was Read ‘Em and Reap by Joe Navarro. The book explains poker tells and observing people in poker and in life. I consider myself a keen observer of people and my observation skills were tested many times this week playing poker. I made great observations a few times and it felt GREAT! But I also lost focus a few times and missed information (tells) on people during a few hands and it cost me. But the lessons are learned and I do feel as if my observation skills in life and at the poker table have improved after reading this book.

This week it’s back to work and the day to day grind. But, definitely looking forward to next weekends get away to Orlando for my birthday. Should be a lot of fun!

Fred

2009 coming to an end....

Well well well. Taking care of business at work. Passed my review. That was a relief. Now once I pass the next one, I get my next promotion. Moving on up as some people would say. Now that is my job. What about my life. Many things good, many things ok, and some things that need work/change. I posted a status a while ago which ask the question:

Why do we work hard at our jobs but not in our lives….

This caused me to think about myself a lot. What am I doing in my personal life that I value. What am I doing that I feel is improving myself or others around me. I feel fortunate to have experienced many of the things I have and to be in the position that I am. But there is still a sense of improvement that I have.

There are still questions that I feel like I have yet to answer for myself. There is still a level that I am wanting to reach for relationships. There are still goals that I am striving for and there are things that I feel I need to devote more time too as far as improving Freddie.

So I need to refocus my attention on these things that will improve me and the things and/or people that I value. This is what I will do and will implement from now on.

On another note….getting Inked starting Monday. First sitting of two. Can’t wait.

Freddie

The Beginning

I have decided to start “blogging” since I am such a deep thinker (which I have heard from many people) and sometimes I feel like I just need to get things off of my chest. There are so many things that I encounter on a daily basis, which could decrease soon (we’ll get to that later), that I feel like I should write about them instead of thinking about them all day.

Today was, I guess you can call it, a typical day. Wake up and hit my snooze hoping that an extra 15 minutes of sleep will really make a difference. Mosey over to my computer check my email. Then proceed to wake up in the shower. Next I eat my fiberone bar (mmmmm) for a quick breakfast, and then it is off to my hour commute too work (can’t wait until I don’t have to do this anymore). I see the usual “DC commuters” at the train station and my people watching begins. Sometime it is funny to me how we all look like zombies while we wait for the train and how we look so “excited” to ride this wonderful train to work. Anyway, the train arrives on time, which is always nice, and I proceed to seat down in one of my usual seats (everyone has one). Now I focus on not falling in too deep of a sleep and missing my stop (which I have done before, I still laugh at myself about that).

Today on the train my thoughts seemed to be centered on the move I will be making soon to Lansing. I will conduct my same job, just at my house in Lansing. Very nice, I know. But I will still have to travel to Virginia 1 hour every week in order to fulfill requirements of the work at home program. I will however be able to see my family on a regular basis and spend more time with the special person in my life. I will be moving in about two weeks and it feels like I have so much to do. I have to start packing and throwing away crap that I don’t need anymore. I have to buy a desk for my office at the new place in Lansing, a sofa for the living room, tables, lights, etc. I don’t mind buying all of this, but sometimes I think I should just live like I live in college and throw a bunch crap together and call it “furniture”. Anyway, I am looking forward to the move, but not looking forward to the things that have to be done. I just wish I could flick a switch and be settled in Lansing.

It will all be worth it once I am around the family routinely and seeing more of that beautiful smile that brightens my day.