First of all I need to go to a workaholics anonymous meeting - I read how they started a group in NYC.
I was hesitating about signing up for the seminar b/c it is 4 days long - and the thought of FOUR days away from work made me feel nervous and guilty. Now that I had my weekend - I am good to go for another month before I NEED a break. Now there is something very wrong with this way of thinking. Work is suppose to be the means to having a life. GAL is not suppose to be a means to being able to work!
So I signed up for the seminar - which actually is not all fun. It is a huge networking opportunity. And there is the expert on adoptions in India that I want to talk to and possibly hire.
And as I read the bios of the speakers... I started to feel restless...
What is my next goal? Do I want to be Commissioner of Patents? I mean all of our form letters say Dear Sir - it would be kinda cool to see Dear Madam... And the current Commissioner really has made a mess of things.... That would of course mean getting involved and networking in politics and well it would involve keeping my mouth shut and being utterly charming! LOL!
Becoming a judge is hard unless you are a litigator... There is a lecture on how to become a judge...
Or do I want to build an AG law firm empire....
I have my cute little firm - but really I am feeling restless again... Reading the bios of the speakers at the seminar makes me feel restless...
It will be nice talking to people that are ahead of me to see what possibilities lie ahead.
I am only almost 43 - I really cannot see myself writing patents for the next 20-30 years. The money is very good - but once you get to the point where you are financially comfortable - the idea of just making more money is well a little boring...
This seminar is coming at a good time. I am looking forward to it. And I smiled when I saw the pictures of the women speakers - this will be one of those rare occassions in my profession where people of my ethnicity will be a majority.
I talked to a common friend that I share with The X. And he mentioned that following out D - The X had buried himself in school and work. He spent 3 years getting his MBA at Northwestern while working full time. And when we D'ed - he was on a fast track career-wise. He is/was a far better electrical engineer than me and he specialized in programming and was head and shoulders above his co-workers. I guess that was one of the reasons I M The X - he was a nutty overachiever too. Suspect that the next R will also fall into the category of overachiever. Although with The X - he couldn't see how good he was - and was insecure - so he competed with me instead of viewing us as a team. Next time round - I want someone that knows we are on the same side....
Life is good! I need to pull my head out of daydream clouds and finish the tediuos boring work on my desk!
Life is very good - especially when you feel like you have an entire lifetime ahead of you to do all sorts of things.
