I noticed the other day that the 26th marked two years since I moved back to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for work/living. Not altogether a huge deal because I had lived here for 4 years previously. However my view-point on life, work, and friends had changed significantly since then.
I now know that work is my means of living my life. I care about what I do on a daily basis, and I’m pretty sure I’ve covered that in a previous post, but I look at everything else differently as well. My friends are the ones (besides family) that are closest to me, and because of that I have ended up keeping very few close. Now don’t get me wrong, I have lots of people that I consider friends and care about deeply, but there are those certain few that I wouldn’t put a second thought to ‘laying down in traffic for’.
An old boss once told me that you are who you hang out with. This couldn’t be more true. I’ve noticed changes in myself whenever I start spending time with people who don’t have outlook on life, morals, or attitude that I normally have. Sometimes this has led me to restrict my time around them, or not spend time with them at all. While they aren’t necessarily bad people, I don’t have time for it. I like who I am, and I don’t want that to change.
The last two years have been a HUGE roller-coaster. I got back down here working for a company that ended up owing me a decent portion of money in wages and earned time. I’m probably not going to be seeing any of that money, but I wouldn’t be where I’m working now if it didn’t happen, so it’s a sour blessing. I few very close friends have come into my life in the past two years as well.
Anyways, that’s all. Off to the science museum to see the Science of Fear and Water exhibit. I’ll probably see ‘Grand Canyon Adventures’ again… I really like the omni-theater.
–dez