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By Anthony | February 11, 2009
Greetings,
One year ago today I made a decision.
After nearly 20 years of working at one place I decided to leave and pursue other goals.
Trust me, it wasn’t as easy as writing those last two lines – even if all 25 words and one number were worked on quite laboriously, which says a lot about how I go about making decisions.
365 days ago I was overcoming a cold and the final days of a self imposed five-week “vacation” to finally decide once and for all whether I could really walk away from a place and an environment I had known for parts of three decades.
In all honesty my work had been done there.
As with anything else there were many great moments and some I wish I could’ve changed my reaction to, but the most important thing I wanted to do was walk away from there without any conflict, and I did.
New management had come in and as I said many times to a few colleagues and to myself it would not be surprising to see them bring in their own people.
Well, it happened and as time went on the writing was clearly on the wall.
The key to all of this for me was that I took my life and my future in my own hands and made a decision based on my interests as oppose to riding out something that my gut was telling me had long ended.
Certainly the drastically deteriorating economy was something that I could not have predicted, but I certainly knew what the outcome would be had I stayed.
Since then this website has been a little bit of what I’ve been up to along with improving my final cut pro editing skills with various other challenging and rewarding projects that have discussed or shown here.
Interestingly enough the last ten days or so have been like walking on eggshells as I, perhaps sadistically, replay some of what I was going through a year ago sans the cold.
On February 7, 2008 I came to grips with the decision. On the ninth I got my haircut – a personal mental sign of change. On the tenth I told friends and family, and so on.
Ironically, a few weeks back I heard from a former colleague who told me that things were looking a little bleak. I could not gloat openly but it was a sense of validation and understanding that my decision was appropriate for me.
What is also far more important, if not reassuring, are some of the experiences I’ve had in the interim.
However, I’m sure I am not alone in hoping my financial bailout or stimulus package arrives pretty soon.
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February 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Good luck Anthony. Change isn’t always easy, but life is all about forward progress.
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:26 am
I still say congradulations! What you did took a lot of fortitude. I for one hope that in your pursuit of your goals and in your travels thru life, that you will have the opportunity to experience some of the beauty that our planet has to offer. Also, I personally hope that you will find peace and love!