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No longer no longer riding on the merry-go-round

No, there is no typo in the title.

In the past months, I spent my time observing, reading, talking, thinking, meeting, etc. – anything that will help me understand what the next step is. My beloved wife called my state-of-mind “Hakuna Matata”.   I shared some of my experience with you through this site (not too much I hope, but  I also feel I could have shared more).

Recently I am involved in the inception of a new venture – devising and developing a consumer product that will change the world (yeah, yeah, this is only the 20th time you hear such a statement today…). Well, I really believe we are onto something good. I could reveal more, but then I will have to kill you.

While I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, I have a good feeling about this venture, and if there is something I learned in the past  months and years is to follow my gut feeling and to do whatever feels good. So far, I enjoy every bit of it – and it means a lot to me.

Another lesson I learned is that while I have to be 100% dedicated to anything I do (as I always do) – one should not be totally immersed in a single thing. I know it sounds like a contradiction, but I’ve learned that you live only once – and you should find the time for your family as well as for other areas of interest and possibly contribute where you can to others (I still need to work on this part, I confess).

Why do I tell it to you? Since you (my subscribers, all 14 of you +RSS readers) followed me for the last six months – read, commented and supported and I think you should know about my change from me, and not from the “Linked-In news” weekly email.

So now you know. What I can promise is that I will not cease to observe. I will try to continue  posting on what I do and see – I enjoy this part. The posting frequency might be lower – but I will do my best.

Now look again at the post title and now you understand that there is no mistake in it…

Thank you !

First Post – Watching The Wheels

Lennon perfectly said it:

People say I’m crazy, doing what I’m doing.
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin.
When I say that I’m okay, well, they look at me kinda strange.
“Surely, your not happy now, you no longer play the game.”

People say I’m lazy, dreaming my life away.
Well, they give me all kinda of advice designed to enlighten me.
When I tell them that I’m doing fine watching shadows on the wall.
“Don’t you miss the big time, boy. You’re no longer on the ball.”

I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round.
I really love to watch them roll.
No longer riding on the merry-go-round.
I just had to let it go.

Ahhh…People ask me questions, lost in confusion.
Well, I tell them there’s no problem, only solutions.
Well, they shake their heads and they look at me as if I’ve lost my mind.
I tell them there’s no hurry, I’m just sitting here doing time.

I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round.
I really love to watch them roll.
No longer riding on the merry-go-round.
I just had to let it go.

(Watching the Wheels by John Lennon)