Comments on: It has been a long time… http://wolfsongs.com/2010/07/it-has-been-a-long-time/ Chronicles of an amateur Book Reviewer, or the voice of reason against the howling mob. Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mark Essel http://wolfsongs.com/2010/07/it-has-been-a-long-time/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Mark Essel Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:20:10 +0000 http://wolfsongs.com/?p=716#comment-951 I encountered a similar crossroads in my professional life in 2001-2002. I fled from the feeling of dissatisfaction for years, and buried myself in extra-work activities. It wasn't until I had found mutual love with my wife Michelle that I found the courage to change my reality. In late 2008 I took a leave of absence, completely lost professionally, but confident in myself that I could find a new direction. I worked part time at PRA in 2009-then end of this month, and dedicated all my free moments to building a real web presence, and developing my web development skills. <br><br>Late last year I picked up several programming languages with the beginning of Victus Media. Even though our first project didn't take off, I discovered a kindred spirit in Tyler who is an instinctual hacker (awesome developer). His restless consumption of technologies has fired my own curiosity as we seek a business model for our would be startup. We're exploring the opportunity in event updating by location through a map interface (<a href="http://garagedollar.com" rel="nofollow">GarageDollar.com</a>, you can read more about it on our homepage <a href="http://victusmedia.com" rel="nofollow">victusmedia.com</a> or my blog: just search garagedollar or hit the wordpress tag <a href="http://www.victusspiritus.com/tag/garage-dollar" rel="nofollow">http://www.victusspiritus.com/tag/garage-dollar</a><br><br>I'm confident I'm on the right path even though it takes me close to precarious cliffs financially. I will land revenue, financing, or another paying gig in the next few months (preferably sooner than later). My humble blog has reached over 100k unique readers over the past year and grows steadily despite my diverse interests. My web dev knowledge and practical hands on experience has likewise matured from the clueless state I started with late last year.<br><br>The first step to realizing a satisfying professional life that is fueled by your passion, enthusiasm and energy, is recognizing that it's not the status quo. May your journey be blessed, and your family be safe and secure while you grow and find meaning in your daily labor. I encountered a similar crossroads in my professional life in 2001-2002. I fled from the feeling of dissatisfaction for years, and buried myself in extra-work activities. It wasn't until I had found mutual love with my wife Michelle that I found the courage to change my reality. In late 2008 I took a leave of absence, completely lost professionally, but confident in myself that I could find a new direction. I worked part time at PRA in 2009-then end of this month, and dedicated all my free moments to building a real web presence, and developing my web development skills.

Late last year I picked up several programming languages with the beginning of Victus Media. Even though our first project didn't take off, I discovered a kindred spirit in Tyler who is an instinctual hacker (awesome developer). His restless consumption of technologies has fired my own curiosity as we seek a business model for our would be startup. We're exploring the opportunity in event updating by location through a map interface (GarageDollar.com, you can read more about it on our homepage victusmedia.com or my blog: just search garagedollar or hit the wordpress tag http://www.victusspiritus.com/tag/garage-dollar

I'm confident I'm on the right path even though it takes me close to precarious cliffs financially. I will land revenue, financing, or another paying gig in the next few months (preferably sooner than later). My humble blog has reached over 100k unique readers over the past year and grows steadily despite my diverse interests. My web dev knowledge and practical hands on experience has likewise matured from the clueless state I started with late last year.

The first step to realizing a satisfying professional life that is fueled by your passion, enthusiasm and energy, is recognizing that it's not the status quo. May your journey be blessed, and your family be safe and secure while you grow and find meaning in your daily labor.

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