If you read my other “random ramblings”, you know they are the thoughts as they come and I type them. Might be boring, might be interesting, but they are my current thoughts.\u00a0 I have a lot actually….<\/p>\n
It’s the last month of 2022, how has the year been for you?\u00a0 It’s been a good year for me production-wise, but this week, I lost a very close friend to Type 1 Diabetes.\u00a0 My friend, Kevin is the one on the home page of this blog, standing next to me at Chicago Marathon.\u00a0 Our families have vacationed together.\u00a0 I don’t have a lot of close friends.\u00a0 I have a lot of acquaintances that I’m not close to.\u00a0 \u00a0But far few close friends.\u00a0 So this is pretty devastating.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I also lost my grandmother back in October this year. She was 94.\u00a0 It hasn’t been a great year in this way, with the loss of special people.\u00a0 We never know when our time is up.\u00a0 Mine could be tomorrow.\u00a0 It’s a good thing that none of us know when we will die, usually.\u00a0 Can you imagine how much anxiety you would have as that dreadful day would draw near?<\/p>\n
In December, I like to listen to “Long December” by the Counting Crows.\u00a0 I listen to it often in December but not in the other months of the year.\u00a0 Isn’t that kind of weird?\u00a0 Oh, I will probably write an end of year summary for 2022.\u00a0 I have some goals for next year – reading (or listening) to more books and maybe reviewing some of them.\u00a0 \u00a0I think my running injuries are behind me finally.\u00a0 I will talk about that in another blog.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have been listening to podcasts, as usual.\u00a0 Some of the ones I listen to are Tim Ferriss, This Week In Startups, Guy Kawasaki, and Joe Rogan.\u00a0 \u00a0Recently I have been listening to a lot of Lex Fridman podcasts.\u00a0 He is a good interviewer and an interesting person.\u00a0 Maybe a bit monotone in talking, but so am I.\u00a0<\/p>\n
About this time last year, I had a good friend become very sick from Covid, to the point of hospitalization.\u00a0 He was fighting it for a quite a while, but he did pull though thankfully.\u00a0 \u00a0Another friend named Kevin.\u00a0 We were roommates in college, and I am glad he’s still with us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My house is illuminated only by Christmas lights right now, and it is 12:34AM.\u00a0 It’s peaceful.\u00a0 I am starting to feel tired.\u00a0 This month has been nice because I will have a lot of days at home, away from my job.\u00a0 It’s a refreshing break.\u00a0 Among the projects I have that are not related to coding or startups is finishing my basement.\u00a0 \u00a0I just work on it occasionally but this month I am really trying to push it forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I am reading the Walter Isaacson book on Benjamin Franklin currently.\u00a0 Not too far in, but it’s interesting so far.\u00a0 I also read the Steve Jobs book. Walter does a great job of telling the story of someone’s life.\u00a0 I have a list of 30-40 books recommended to me or ones I wanted to read. I doubt I will get though all of them next year, but I will try as many as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I don’t like to talk about my personal life too much here, but I share what I am comfortable with.\u00a0 Music is playing right now.\u00a0 It is Led Zeppelin “Going to California.”\u00a0 Not too long ago, “Long December” was on.\u00a0 So I thought Brazil could win the entire World Cup, but they got knocked out.\u00a0 It will be Argentina and France in final game.\u00a0 Since I am from Baltimore but also grew up near Philadelphia, I am a fan of teams from both cities, but I lean more towards Baltimore teams.<\/p>\n
Well, the music is off, and I am getting tired. I aim for bed by 1AM and up by 7:30AM if it’s a day off from work.\u00a0 I have many things to do tomorrow but nothing is pressing. That means I need to stay focused on whatever I work on.\u00a0 My main thought now is just about sleep, so I am ending this random thoughts blog.\u00a0 Hope it wasn’t too boring!<\/p>\n
-EJW\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you read my other “random ramblings”, you know they are the thoughts as they come and I type them. Might be boring, might be interesting, but they are my current thoughts.\u00a0 I have a lot actually…. It’s the last month of 2022, how has the year been for you?\u00a0 It’s been a good year for me production-wise, but this week, I lost a very close friend to Type 1<\/p>\n