Because I’m sure that he’ll want this taken down, let’s spread it far and wide.

Final Report of the special counsel - Volume 1

The Theme System

In case you have missed it in the past, I’ve decided to switch from the usual goals for a year to a theme. Sure there are some measurement or ideas on where I would like something to go. But this is more about making choices and having some momentum towards a certain change in my life that I’d like to make. If you would like more on setting a theme for a year or season, I suggest you check out The Theme System or watch this quick video from their page:

If you want to find out what I wanted to accomplish, feel free to go out and read the original post. Hopefully it will shed some light on the ambitions I had towards the beginning of this yearly theme.

How did it really go?

To be honest, pretty good. Did I get as much done as I would have liked, no. There were a pile of must do items that piled up. But there were some things that I got to do that were just for fun. Mainly during my reCharge I found many projects that were just extra. Not that they were glamorous, but they were what I wanted to do and my wife wanted to do. Things that made this new property feel like home vs just a new house. Its been a lot of work, but its the little things that as I look around, I’m more at peace with what all is in place.

Finally, Apple supports a digital government ID in the state of Iowa. Hopefully all the states adopt this soon and we can get the various bars, airports and everywhere else to get onboard. Its a tall ask seeing as there are still places that I cannot use Apple Pay.

There are days it doesn’t feel real to have this sort of benefit. But for the second time at the company, I am fortunate enough to take some time off called reCharge.

Every 5 years at the company you get a benefit where you get 30 days of time off plus you can tack on an additional 2 weeks of PTO. In total, I’ll be off for the next 6 weeks. Relaxing, reCharging, and most of all… NOT WORKING.