Sep 17 2010
Only Five Years?
Started this blog about five years ago. Now it is slowing down so much I wonder whether it is worthwhile to keep it.
Haven’t read much at all for almost a year now. Life changed since I started at MF: turning from contemplative to active in a very short span.
The startup experience was fun. The downside of it was that some people, myself included, coming in thinking they have a larger role to play. It is true and good but could play out silly at times. And because it is a new business with a lot risk, some times it attracts people with substandard qualities, such as AT who is plainly not cut out for his position.
Yet I never felt so confident about my own ability after a year of intense work, and seeing my predictions come to pass and being proven right repeatedly. In some ways, it is as if MF was my lab.
So now I have decided to go solo, it is a really strange feeling. Call it leap of faith but for a while, it seems like I have lost all points of reference. There is no resume any more. There is no “whatever department” where you can throw a task to. But right now, I am still enjoying the roller coaster. The ugly triumph is still far away.
There are still some New Yorker articles worth noting. That is the only life line nowadays. The last several years of “exotic” reading is almost a memory. Now back to the highschool sweetheart.