Need to make some changes

Some things have come up that I will neither discuss here, nor mention again, but the result is I need to stop talking about making better choices and start doing it. No more talking, time for action.

I am thinking about stopping writing here and just writing over at my personal blog the ups and downs chasing good health and fitness. I love to write about all the different interests in my life but I have just too many blogs on the go. We’ll see.

Ch-Ch-Changes

One of my favorite bloggers out there is Dr Pauly of tao of Pauly, and Tao of poker. I have been reading his blogs for about 4 or 5 years now, stumbling upon his tao of pauly blog before he started the poker blog. As I have often said, and as should be obvious by my many blogs here on blogger, I am somewhat of a blog fan, lol. Well in reality I am a huge fan of writing and reading. I am always reading. Be it magazines, books, or on the internet. I love good writing on any subject and it just so happens Dr. Pauly is one of the best writers out there on poker, one of my passions.

Yesterday he posted that he may be leaving the poker industry. He is burnt out by the countless hours of traveling and time spent following the tourney circuit all over the world. This does not come as a surprise to me as he has been hinting at it for a year and a half or more, and I for one would hate to see him go.

However, the current post in question, by Dr Pauly reminds me a little of what has been going through my head the past few months. It is no secret that the office life is not my thing. It is not the main contributor to my health issues, but at the same time the lack of movement and the constant sitting does not help it. I spent about 1800 hours of overtime on top of my 40 hour weeks over the past few years and I have all but decides unless under extreme circumstances, I have worked my last hour of overtime sitting on my butt in an office setting.

Pauly is considering leaving poker to live his life on his terms. He left wallstreet for the unsecure life of a writer, and now he is contemplating another move to live his life more on his terms. In my life I have been thinking for quite a while now, what do I really want to do with myself? I am not getting any younger having just turned 35. Do I want to sit in an office for the next 30 years? No frigging way. What are my choices? What do I really want to do to support myself?

I have a few ideas. One and the most likely is to start some sort of business in photography. It is a lifelong passion of mine, and something that can be started part time, until you have enough work to take it full time. But like poker for Pauly, once your hobby becomes your job, are you dooming yourself to resent it? I don’t know. I just know that I can’t sit in an office for another 30 years inactive. It’s not good for my health. And it’s time I make some decisions that are best for myself, my family and my health in the long run. Got a lot to think about

Ch-Ch-Changes

One of my favorite bloggers out there is Dr Pauly of tao of Pauly, and Tao of poker. I have been reading his blogs for about 4 or 5 years now, stumbling upon his tao of pauly blog before he started the poker blog. As I have often said, and as should be obvious by my many blogs here on blogger, I am somewhat of a blog fan, lol. Well in reality I am a huge fan of writing and reading. I am always reading. Be it magazines, books, or on the internet. I love good writing on any subject and it just so happens Dr. Pauly is one of the best writers out there on poker, one of my passions.

Yesterday he posted that he may be leaving the poker industry. He is burnt out by the countless hours of traveling and time spent following the tourney circuit all over the world. This does not come as a surprise to me as he has been hinting at it for a year and a half or more, and I for one would hate to see him go.

However, the current post in question, by Dr Pauly reminds me a little of what has been going through my head the past few months. It is no secret that the office life is not my thing. It is not the main contributor to my health issues, but at the same time the lack of movement and the constant sitting does not help it. I spent about 1800 hours of overtime on top of my 40 hour weeks over the past few years and I have all but decides unless under extreme circumstances, I have worked my last hour of overtime sitting on my butt in an office setting.

Pauly is considering leaving poker to live his life on his terms. He left wallstreet for the unsecure life of a writer, and now he is contemplating another move to live his life more on his terms. In my life I have been thinking for quite a while now, what do I really want to do with myself? I am not getting any younger having just turned 35. Do I want to sit in an office for the next 30 years? No frigging way. What are my choices? What do I really want to do to support myself?

I have a few ideas. One and the most likely is to start some sort of business in photography. It is a lifelong passion of mine, and something that can be started part time, until you have enough work to take it full time. But like poker for Pauly, once your hobby becomes your job, are you dooming yourself to resent it? I don’t know. I just know that I can’t sit in an office for another 30 years inactive. It’s not good for my health. And it’s time I make some decisions that are best for myself, my family and my health in the long run. Got a lot to think about