Periodic life-changing events...

I hardly remember or find time to blog this month. Every three to four (maybe 5 sometimes) years, I tend to upend myself, so I won't get too complacent.

I've been getting comfortable and becoming complacent in my current situation/jobs. I've been wanting to start out something for a while now, but never found the sudden urge to just go do it. So, relocating or changing jobs are my major life-changing milestones.

I'm glad my husband had been asking probing questions, and presenting different views and alternatives. Sometimes, having to justify things out loud is a good thing. It helps you organize and rationalize your thoughts. And that's what happens to me. While I'm explaining to him why I might do that or not doing that, I wonder out loud,

"why am I still working for this a*hole boss that I see big problems in the execution of the company and that it has very little chance to make it big?"

"why don't I go check out this startup (or that) for interesting things to do, on top of the bigger potential to making it big and impact?"

"why don't I chase after one challenging job after another, when the most demanding one is my kids, who are vying for my attention at the same time?

"why don't we start our own thing, and have more say in our own destiny?"

"why not?"

One of the lines of a vintage Apple ad campaign stuck with me. "Think different." I always ask myself, can I do that? Am I doing that? I still ask myself that question often...