At what point does change become so prevalent that it morphs into normalcy?
That is something I’ve been asking myself over the last month or so.
If you haven’t noticed, the blog, podcast, and everything else about the Crazy Dad Life platform has been on hiatus. I hate the fact that it happened, but I also recognize that is how life treats you sometimes, whether you like it or not.
This is not an excuse for not being on top of things with the side business, but rather an acknowledgement that priorities trump side passions.
So, you may be asking yourself, “where the hell has Jeff been?” Or, you frankly may not care or know that I was even gone. It’s ok, I won’t hold it against you.
But just to catch you up on the latest, here is what has happened over the last month or so.
My oldest daughter graduated high school
This is an emotional time for a proud dad. You spend years investing in the development and growth of your baby girl and one day realize she is about to spread her wings and move to the next level. Wh-what?
Over the last month or so we have been eager participants in a dizzying array of activities signaling the conclusion of her high school years. This has included prom, senior trips, graduation parties, and the graduation itself.
In addition, we’ve had our typical inundation of extracurricular events for her and her sister, including soccer, dance, track and field, and cross country.
We’ve also been transitioning our planning activities from high school to college life. Taking trips to school, attending orientation, and yes, spending shit tons of money.
I’m not going to lie, the journey has been amazing. Experiencing all of these life events with your family is priceless. But, it has also pretty much halted much of the momentum Crazy Dad Life had recently enjoyed.
And that’s ok.
I’m changing jobs…my day job that is
Since I came out of college I’ve worked in big companies. I started out at a major systems integrator with nearly 60,000 employees. I rose through the ranks from developer to a lead solutions architect.
I ultimately left that company after it was bought and joined a consulting firm that had nearly 23,000 employees. I stayed there less than a year before deciding that I wanted to get back into technical delivery and wasn’t a big fan of just talking about the work.
I was presented another opportunity at the right time and I took a position at another systems integrator with about 20,000 employees. I have been with them the last 5 years and have worked with some amazing people delivering bleeding edge technical solutions for our clients.
And now, I find myself taking one of the bigger risks of my career.
I’ve always liked big companies because they felt safe in a way. It seemed that even if you lost a contract, you could always move laterally within the company for the next gig. Small companies felt risky. But, I’ve decided to take the leap and accept an offer that moves me to a company of less than 10 employees.
I’m excited about the opportunity and the journey and will probably talk about the experience here on the blog. But again, it’s another change that has overtaken me and soaked up even more of my fleeting time.
In the seemingly endless stream of life mile markers, I’m starting to see a straightening of the road. Just as I’ve moved beyond the senior year high school madness, just as I’ve jumped into the unknown with my career, so have I started to rekindle my love for building something I’m passionate about online.
Hopefully this blog post represents the beginning of a new chapter for the Crazy Dad Life brand and a return to the normalcy of change.
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