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goobster  ·  2296 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 13, 2017

Stress:

Simplified my life, by dropping out of the local Burning Man community. It's not really where my life/focus is, any more, and I have given these entitled bastards far too much of my blood, sweat, and tears already.

Competition:

I'm getting my mojo back at work, too. One difficulty of being the company's Competitive Analyst, is that I need to assess our competitors' products with clear and open eyes.

Looking at all the amazing things our competitors' products do, or do differently than we do, or their management teams, or their financial backing, or their strategic partnerships, can be REALLY defeating. All of a sudden everyone else looks like they have all their shit together, and my company is hopelessly lost and failing.

Of course, that isn't even remotely true, but part of doing competitive analysis is to dig in to these details, so our marketing, sales, and product development teams have a clear understanding of the competitive markets we sell to.

But it can really be hard on your company spirit. Fortunately I am actively meeting with some of our company's biggest "cheerleaders" this week, and getting re-infected with our sunny disposition and outlook.

Keto:

Starting to eat/cook in preparation for doing the Keto diet seriously in January. It's close to how my wife and I eat anyway, but with some key differences.

I'd start the diet right away, but I know I will break it over the holiday with the family. So instead, I'm going to eat "mostly Keto" and keep the diversions to a minimum, and then go all-in January 2.

Alabama:

Fuck yeah. AND the horse you rode in on, you sick fuck.