'Do what you gotta do, and always have a plan b'

An older friend once told me 'Jason, you need two things in life to succeed, discipline and a plan b'. Now I have held these words of wisdom close to my heart. But I would not consider myself a 'disciplined' person. For those very few people that follow this blog, you will notice that.

These past two months have been hectic. I had my name in two different job competitions, I have been trying to list and sell my condo and I have had to deal with a number of other personal issues (including the birh of my nephew - that was cool!). I found out this week that I got one of the positions and this requires me to move my family to Red Deer. We are quite happy with the new position and the prospect of moving 150km south to where I grew up. On my walks to work this week my mind is going through everything we need to do in the next two weeks before I transfer positions. But it is clear that there things that I have to do (like finding a place to sleep while we wait for the family to move down), and there are other things that I have no control over (like selling my condo). So I decided this week to update these words to live by to 'Do what you gotta do, and always have a plan b'.

I drive my wife crazy with all my planning. For any given situation, I often have plans b to q. But you never know what life is going to throw your way. You need to be prepared and you have to be flexible. There are also things you need to do in order to move your life forward. You need to make decisions and you need to stand by them. I can't expect to get a new job without applying and I can't expect my house to clean itself. Sometimes you can procrastinate, but sometimes you just have to do it if you want to move forward.

I don't know yet what I want to do with this blog. My current topic of 'Alberta culture' just isn't inspiring me. I am debating to move onto one of two topics. One is Red Deer current events. I could find very few blogs related to Red Deer. The other topic I have been contemplating is comic books. I enjoy superhero comic books, and I am a casual reader. So I am debating whether or not to start writing about comic books from the stand point of a casual reader.

So as my life gets into order I need to make a decision about this blog. I enjoy blogging. I like people reading my stuff and commenting on it. But if I want people to read my blog, then I need write in my blog. I just gotta find a way to do it.