Tag: Personal

A new beginning, starting with Why

In April I got the notice that the department within Sanoma I work for would no longer exist, starting July 1st. Me, and a dozen co-workers have been thanked for our services. It’s been a hectic and weird few months as a result.

I want to stress that this event couldn’t have come at a better moment in time for me. I’ve been at Sanoma for over 11 years but the last year has been one of revelation and personal transformation. At the root cause, the Agile Expert program I’ve been following for the last year.

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Personal Log February 3rd

It’s been a few days since I have bothered to write anything in my journal. I have been working on  my story though. Even though I don’t make the 1000 words a day I am still not doing bad. My days is a bit too unpredictable to keep it up. One day I will be doing very little and the other is filled with housework and travel up to Walla Walla.
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Personal Log 27th January

Today was in light of cleaning up, sorting out and throwing away stuff. We woke up early to have breakfast and went out to sort out the rest of the stuff in Megan’s old room in her parent’s place. Because the room had not seen a dust cloth for some time I knew I was going to get dirty so skipped the shower. Warren was kind enough to lend me some old clothes to work in. They fitted me fine, although it was a good thing I wasn’t pulled over by the fashion police because I would have been locked away for a long time.
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Personal Log January 26th (continued)

After heading to Wall-mart to get some of the stuff we needed we went over to Megan’s parents place. There we spent the better part of two hours literally digging our way into the room that has a lot of Megan’s old stuff. I seriously have not seen a room before that was as stacked with stuff as this one.
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