in a sure sign outlook will create as many problems as it solves
So today is Sunday, The first day of the new year for some big chunk of the city of San Francisco and an even bigger chunk of the world. But what it really is is the 29th. The day Calexico plays at the Make Out Room. What does any of this have to do with a Microsoft product? Well, it's not in my calendar (Sunday is, but the show isn't) which means it didn't happen.
As it turns out, it did happen, just not last night when I thought it was happening. This has been happening to me more and more; if it's not calendared, I miss it.
I think this is lame. I admit to being generally happy that I can be even more productive with the aide of a calendar synchronized to a pocketable device and bundled with a contacts list and email service and web browsing capabilities but damned if it doesn't make non calendared stuff harder to keep track of.
Lately I've even found myself cross with meeting organizers that don't set alarms for their meetings. This is even lamer.
None of this means I'm not glad that I'm going to the show (7pm) but it was strange to think damn when I woke up last night after accidentally falling asleep watching a movie at 8:30 with no guest list nod. Hard to get that nod on the wrong day. What it does mean is my schedule as much as my scheduling has finally started to become incompatible with other aspects of my life. Mostly the old indie rock aspects of my life.
Any folks close to me know I'm pretty conflicted about my loose ties to the Chicago music scene, despite its huge impact on my life, but there are some aspects of it I genuinely miss. In particular there are some people that I really like, luckily I'm in touch with a good number of them. There are also some bands that I really like, and I wish I could actually work with in the future - one never knows when one will decide on an alternate line of work. Sometimes I wonder if this current line of work is sustainable, with regard to personal fulfillment more than any other aspect (I'm not concerned with my ability to make a go of it, because it's actually a great combination of enjoyable, rewarding, challenging and easy) but the evenness isn't there on the reward front. In my various film/music enterprises the reward and challenge are there quite a bit, but the balance between the sustainably remunerative and challenging/rewarding was harder to find...
As I've gotten older and the bands I like have as well, that balance is a bit easier, though I suspect it's because I have to make time for it now...
I suppose these are the challenges of life with diverse and divergent interests...
at least I can manage to love it's diversity as much as the challenges
As it turns out, it did happen, just not last night when I thought it was happening. This has been happening to me more and more; if it's not calendared, I miss it.
I think this is lame. I admit to being generally happy that I can be even more productive with the aide of a calendar synchronized to a pocketable device and bundled with a contacts list and email service and web browsing capabilities but damned if it doesn't make non calendared stuff harder to keep track of.
Lately I've even found myself cross with meeting organizers that don't set alarms for their meetings. This is even lamer.
None of this means I'm not glad that I'm going to the show (7pm) but it was strange to think damn when I woke up last night after accidentally falling asleep watching a movie at 8:30 with no guest list nod. Hard to get that nod on the wrong day. What it does mean is my schedule as much as my scheduling has finally started to become incompatible with other aspects of my life. Mostly the old indie rock aspects of my life.
Any folks close to me know I'm pretty conflicted about my loose ties to the Chicago music scene, despite its huge impact on my life, but there are some aspects of it I genuinely miss. In particular there are some people that I really like, luckily I'm in touch with a good number of them. There are also some bands that I really like, and I wish I could actually work with in the future - one never knows when one will decide on an alternate line of work. Sometimes I wonder if this current line of work is sustainable, with regard to personal fulfillment more than any other aspect (I'm not concerned with my ability to make a go of it, because it's actually a great combination of enjoyable, rewarding, challenging and easy) but the evenness isn't there on the reward front. In my various film/music enterprises the reward and challenge are there quite a bit, but the balance between the sustainably remunerative and challenging/rewarding was harder to find...
As I've gotten older and the bands I like have as well, that balance is a bit easier, though I suspect it's because I have to make time for it now...
I suppose these are the challenges of life with diverse and divergent interests...
at least I can manage to love it's diversity as much as the challenges
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