Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Google is terminating the technology that I use to publish this blog. It's free technology so I can't complain too much, but I'm busy and changing things takes time. My choices are migrate this blog to Google's new technology, abandon this blog altogether, or create a completely new blog using new technology. Given I'm not taking the time to post much it might make more sense to abandon this spot of e-turf.

Even though I work as an information technology engineer, I am weary of the constant need to change everything. Just when you get something working, then it needs to be ripped apart and reassembled. It's a racket if you think about it. IT workers create obsolescence so more work will be created and they will keep their jobs. In the meantime, we're working 50 hour weeks when we're lucky, more when we're not. When is enough going to be enough?

How Riding the Bus Saved Me from a Nervous Breakdown

Every morning when I wake up, I'm already behind on my to-do list and before I've even had breakfast, my stress level is through the roof. My brain knows that if I take a few minutes to sit quietly, I'll feel more relaxed, but once I'm loosing my sanity, it's hard for me to figure out how to sit still. Not to mention, trying to find a moment between trips to the potty, phone calls and the endless stream of work related messages to my crackberry, relaxation seems as out of reach as Jupiter.

Yet the moment the bus arrives at the bus stop and I climb on board, everything stops. I can pull out my book and read, watch the boats on the water as we zoom by on the freeway, edit my novel, or just eavesdrop on the conversations of excited teenagers wrapped up in what Bob said to Sally or other simple problems. My heart slows down and I can make notes on what I need to do or think or how I'm feeling. I can do nothing. Today I wished the trip was longer. Thirty minutes after climbing on board, I was off and speed walking through the streets to my office tower overlooking San Diego Harbor. Now I'm anticipating the journey home so I can get back to working on the synopsis of my novel I need to have done by Friday for the La Jolla Writers Conference in November.

Hail to the Number 30 Bus - my savior.