If I’ve learned anything about life in the last few weeks it has been when setting a goal have realistic expectations and continuously measure them.
Passion…
If you have followed along the chain of my adventures you are probably enjoying the roller coaster as much as I am! Truth is I have spent my blood, sweat, tears, and every working penny I made since middle school on technology. Not for the cool factor (ok – maybe that’s part of it) but to stay relevant in the industry. I live to see technology solutions integrate seamlessly into business processes, organizations and individuals in order to assist or compliment each other. It really irks me to see technology put in place “just because”. But technology is cheaper and more readily available than ever before. Which is, no – can be, a great thing, but also leads to businesses and people changing to fit the technology. Which is not always a good thing.
Work…. (ing on a roller coaster!)
I write this to explain the rollercoaster I’ve been going through. It has certainly been a struggle. But I have set goals, which thankfully was in part due to my lease on my house ending and my job being in a changing role.
In my job, we are working to turn our entire company of 40+ countries to a complete new way of doing business. It’s definitely a great challenge and road ahead but it takes time and barriers to get through.
Downsizing… still!
While working through this, I set forward to move. I have focused, as shown in previous posts, on downsizing. There are most definitely “things” and “stuff” in my house I have accumulated over my years – tech gadgets, work stuff, wood working, cooking, baking, movies, games, the list goes on! I have made many trips to Goodwill and finally started to box things up. I don’t know if I’ll ever go to Stick and Brick (a house/apartment) in the future or not but if I do, there are some sentimental keepsakes I would want to keep. Until I have some time under my belt with living full time in a RV I figure I should store them for now.
I finally got the boxes and furniture that was packed loaded into a U-Haul and moved over to storage. Since I was not sure how much I was going to store but that I wanted to get out at the end of the lease, I ended up with a pretty large – 10×30 unit. I didn’t plan very well and as such it is quite a wreck and unorganized. And, there seems to be quite a bit left to pack at the house including the kitchen. (I’m pretty sure I have more stuff in the kitchen than anywhere else!)
Finally making progress
My brother is in town for a few days and I want to spend some time with him but I really need to focus on packing. I seem to keep getting distracted. The more I pack the more I keep adding to the goodwill piles and the more I realize I have way too much. I’m now contemplating even taking several boxes which are packed up out of storage or listing online for sale. Items like DVD movies etc. it is becoming much easier to let go of many items which were clearly impulsive buys. (Ie: the XBox I’ve played about 3 times in 7 years!)
Losing hope
It seems the more I do around here though the more buried I become or the more I start to second guess or get cold feet. But it is truly a passion, dream, and a goal of mine. I start thinking what if work needs me full time elsewhere or what if what if what if. And because of this, the more I keep looking at my logo I carry with me and I say “I can and I WILL do this”… it just takes a matter of realizing anything is and can be possible. I just have to just
keep pushing through!
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