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	<title>Pain Builds Character &#187; life</title>
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		<title>Malaise Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure what&#8217;s going on lately, but I&#8217;m having a tough time focusing on the important stuff. I literally have dozens of truly important things to do. How many have I done in the past couple days? One. Maybe. I guess it must have to do with the transition away from Informify to whatever it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not sure what&#8217;s going on lately, but I&#8217;m having a tough time focusing on the important stuff. I literally have dozens of truly important things to do. How many have I done in the past couple days? One. Maybe.</p>
<p>I guess it must have to do with the transition away from <a href="http://www.informify.com">Informify</a> to whatever it is we&#8217;re doing next. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; we have some GREAT ideas for the next site, but the ideas are so vague that I get anxious about how to take the next steps. I&#8217;ve always been susceptible to fears of the unknown. One of my least-liked weaknesses.</p>
<p>And the money&#8217;s gone now. With only small injections of income in the meantime, the money we made from selling our house in California lasted us 3 YEARS. In no way to I wish I&#8217;d invested the money or saved it and kept working. I actually did some living during the past few years, learning much about myself. My relationship with Thea is stronger than ever. I have good friends. Life has been great. But reality is in our face now, big time.</p>
<p>If different people had been running the show, Informify probably would have turned into something. But we&#8217;re us, and we&#8217;re both relieved to get out from under the yoke of that project.</p>
<p>The new project (still nameless after hours of discussion) will be very cool. Of course, it will be demanding, but we now know better what kind of work schedule works for us; it will be easy for us to build the new business with this in mind. There will be some major technology challenges in this project &#8211; perhaps even challenges that will need major money to overcome. But the promise of the project overall is very encouraging.</p>
<p>So that is what I&#8217;ll try to focus on as we pull ourselves out of this malaise. Monday I want to get back to work so I can feel productive again &#8211; even if I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s coming down the road. </p>
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