We’ve always done it this way
“The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘We’ve always done it this way.'”
–Grace Hopper
As a perk of doing what I do, I have a 2013 Mustang convertible at my disposal this week. The convertible portion of that sentence isn’t of importance this time of year, but the Mustang part definitely is. There is very little in life that doesn’t melt away when you bury your right foot into the go-pedal of a machine that very much wants you to make it go… faster. Granted, that can cause other problems, but you take what you can get these days.
Beyond that, life is going rather well. Some interesting things are developing at work. We’re in the discussion stages right now, but if this pans out that way I hope then my stress level should decrease significantly while my productivity and job satisfaction skyrocket. That’s not at all to say that I’m dissatisfied right now, but I’m excited to see where this new path leads. In many ways, this led me to the title quote. The things I do these days are stepping a bit outside the normal duties of my role and it’s nice to belong to a company that understands and believes that it’s OK.