About that “Other” Stuff

I know a few of you wrote me, or left comments about the stuff I couldn’t talk about yet, hoping it wasn’t anything bad, and well, it really isn’t. Since it involved work I wrote it out in more detail over on the other blog last week, and wanted to point you there to read about it, if you’re interested.

Needless to say, with all the changes going on at work, and finding myself trying to adapt quickly to a new role, my mental focus has been spent there much of the time. What little mental energy I could muster into the survivor community has been spent over on the Survivor Network, and naturally, things here have been a little slower than normal. Yeah, I’m looking at the dates on the latest posts and seeing the same thing you’re seeing. 🙂

Anyway, even though I’m not coming up with many original thoughts worthy of a blog post around here, I’m still here, and still plugging away. As time goes on and maybe I start to figure out everything I need to figure out, I’ll have a bit more mental energy to write some things out. In the mean time, please sign up at the network and join in the conversations over there!

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2 Comments

  1. Ah, the curse of the new job! They do tend to eat more time as you throw yourself into them, but it’s good for your career so congrats again.

    1. Thanks, I’m looking forward to the challenge, and even more I’m looking forward to being on the other side of the learning curve! 🙂

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