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  • almost a home owner!

    I think I’m going to enter a new stage of my life: being a home owner!

    Should I rejoice?

    Should I cry?

    Considering that I’ve been “holding out” for some time, I think I’m going to jump in joy! Yeah! Yeah!

    My wife has been down lately… dying to hear from the seller. I must say: it was painful to wait 2 days for a response.

    But in the end, I might be able to declare victory! Not just yet, but if everything ends up successfully, I will. I think it’s a dream house for us. Dream town. Expensive town, for sure. But it’s a one-of-a-kind town. I love it. Hopefully being a home owner will not spoil that. I really hope so.

    But after the seller agreed to a price lower by $10K, my wife got a sigh of relief. I can sense a different voice in her. I think this is going to be a great home in a great town. Let’s just put the final nails towards sealing the deal.

  • getting things done

    I just love to tweak things. I love on user facing products. I realized that the other day. I have a limited exposure to that here in m6d. But I still do. And when I work on them, I like to polish things out. I love that! I love to make things better. I love to make improvements. I love to making the UI beatiful. That’s one things that drags me in. But that also has me spending too much time on those tasks. And taking me away from the MITs. MITs are important. They’re the most important. I need to keep that in mind.

  • love it

    I love my wife. I have been feeling like that all day. I love my job. Now I love my wife and my kids. This is not happening too often with my wife, so this is a big change, I feel. I have to keep doing things that improve our relationship. It’s not easy. It’s not easy for a guy like me, but if I refrain from complaining then I think it’s doable. It makes the situation a lot better. And that’s a good thing. That’s something I should be doing.

  • living better

    I make a lot. I spend a lot. But my wife is not totally satisfied. She wants more. She wants to live better. She wants to spend more and the things she enjoys.

    What do I do?

    I am probably the most miserable man that’s out there. That’s just who I am. I have no social skills. I want to spend only on the necessities. I don’t like to spend on the things that we don’t really need.

    But I don’t think that’s acceptable to my wife. I need to figure out a way to make her happy and myself happy.

    I need to figure out a way to make both of us happy. I need to just live better! There is no reason not to enjoy myself more, go out at least once every 2 or 3 weeks. Really! I need to do that. I need to take my wife for a DATE from time to time.

    I have been neglecting her. She feels it. She’s had it with the kids. It’s not very easy to stay with them for the whole day. And then Victor wakes up a few times a night. That’s very demanding. I need to accommodate her. I need to think about ways to please her. I need to make myself more available to her. I need to start living better!

  • mits

    It’s 6:01. Time to spend a few minutes writing a blog entry!

    Jump up, jump up, jump up!

    My goal is to be a prolific worker. To do that, I need to be able to focus on MITs! Am I doing that? Not always! Am I slacking off? NO! Am I procrastinatiing? A little, I would say. But I’m being dragged in to the things of less importance. I should change that. MITs are most important! Yes, yes, yes!

  • place to be

    I love m6d. I still do. And that’ a great thing after 6 months. It’s the place to be in the dev world. Yeah, there are things that need to be improved. There are chagnes to be made. But I feel like I’m a contributor and that’s a good feeling to have. I shall work hard. I shall keep digging. I shall make improvements. I will do well if I do.

  • writing

    I have to find the time to write the journal entry. 5:57 is when I need to start!

    Again today, I did not find the time to work on this. It’s not the best as I’m not really practicing my writing skills. Not only that, I am not motivating myself. Isn’t that worth something? I think it is.

  • sense of urgency

    Btw, I like the new look of ScribeFire.

    Stas, wake up! I need a bit more urgency in the way I do things. I want to do the things that are important FAST. I need that urgent feeling. I need that adrenaline pumping. That’s how I think I can be more succesful. In all aspects of my life.

  • blogging

    I need to focus on writing my blog post this weekend. I have one in the pipeline. I need to publish it. And start another one

  • being more social

    I think I need to be more social. I need to talk to others more. I need to be more open. I need to expand on my social circle.

    But that would mean I will become less plorific?!

    I don’t think so. I think having a big circle of friends and contacts helps my career. Yes, it has some cost, but that I think might be neglible compared to the gains.

    But is that me? Is that something that I am made to be? it’s not easy. I am really not made for that. But I can do better if I focus on it. And that’s what I should do. I should put a higher weight on it. Results will come. I am sure about that.