The beat goes on… It’s funny when I see people I haven’t seen in a minute. Maybe that minute has been a couple months, maybe longer; maybe it’s only been a few weeks. I ask them what’s going on; they do the same. My response is usually “same old, same old”. Sure, I’ll go into some details, usually about the latest with my son; he usually has the most going on. For me though, it’s work, family, work, family, work, family and repeat. There are some vacations sprinkled in there, like this past week; we spent a few days in Traverse City for my son’s Spring Break. Other than work and family, from day to day, the only other consistent thing is following my sports teams. Thus, the reason for this daily thing that I do; what else would I write about?
Today is my 28th anniversary at my current job; today is also the 108th anniversary of Wrigley Field. I began writing this blog 8 years ago; time flies when you’re having fun. You’ve heard it before. I love to write; I love Chicago sports. It makes sense in my mind. Although you may think writing 500-600 words every day about a topic may be a grind, may get boring, most of the time, it is not. It’s part of my routine; I like routines. I guess that’s why the whole work-family routine doesn’t get old either.
Don’t get me wrong; there are moments. There are moments where both are tough. When work is tough, I have my family to lean on; when family is tough, I have work to lean on. It’s kind of funny. Last Friday at about 230pm, I logged out of everything. Normally, checking my work phone/emails is part of my daily routine, but for the start of this latest vacation, I completely took myself out of the Matrix; I haven’t checked work since then. You need to “unplug” every once in a while, at least I do. How do you “unplug” from family? I guess going to work every day is sort of an unplugging; you have that time away, although it is spent at your job, it is away. Having those days/nights every so often, not related to work, is good too; a few days away each year on a golf trip is nice too. I don’t need much, in either case. How do I unplug from THIS daily routine? Good question.
Until I figure that out, I’m going to keep on pumping out my feelings in typed words. I guess this thing is sort of an unplugging as well. It’s something I get to do, all on my own. I don’t need to abide by some corporate policy; I don’t need to listen to my wife or son. I just write… what I think and feel. Maybe I write more about my “other” daily routines like work and family? Maybe that’s my unplugging from the whole “writing about Chicago sports” routine. I do touch on some other topics here and there, but not really that much; maybe this evolves into some of those other topics, as if you care what I think about other topics, as if you care what I think about Chicago sports for that matter; that’s not important. What is important is keeping it moving in a positive direction; using this release valve helps. 8 years in the books. The beat goes on…
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