Really I'm different

After 20 years in IT I have reached the place that the normal approach to things doesn't excite, and motivate me anymore. Do you ever find yourself wondering if you career is making a difference, what is the motivation for doing all of this?

I left the corporate environment back in April, and it has been one of the most liberating things I have ever done. Now doing consulting work, I have the chance to do things that matter, and to spend time with the people that matter most in my life.

It is amazing that we often spend more time with our work family than we do with our spouses and children. I often used to feel that I was like one of these penguins, just going along with the flow, indiscernible from any other employees.

More and more as I talk to friends I hear the same story, too much work, too much stress, and a desire to do something else. The idea behind this blog is to follow my search for a more meaningful way to support myself, and lifestyle that is more interesting, rewarding, and enriching.