Traveling

I've been doing a lot of traveling lately. Mainly outside my comfort zone, but also to the city for work. It's been good. Mostly. Somedays, I think, "what have I done?" and want to retreat back to a place of comfortable technical content and to a group of people I know really well.

Other days, I can't believe I have such a fantastic opportunity to change and grow in a new role. Luckily, two of my co-workers are about a year ahead of me in the transition. They've reassured me that this is normal and that I'll find my way.

I shared some of my angst and excitement with Visionary M this week, who I haven't seen in 5 or so years. Sometimes it's such a relief to meet up with someone who knows your story over an extended time. Who can offer you some insight into your own life that you can't see for yourself.

It was a happy and sad event. I think you could see a giant "Sync" icon floating over our heads. Over 90 minutes of lunch, we ranged over a variety of topics: fab wafer manufacturing, Asian language calligraphy, the language of invention, steampunk and traumatic pet death stories. We compared soul scars and growing pains over pasta.

Sometimes, I wonder what we would look like if we had great life events written on the outsides of our bodies. Certainly, there would be more compassion, would there not?