Infinite Optimism Drive!
January 18, 2009 – 3:15 amNew webcomic discovery: Daisy Owl. I actually did this kind of thing as a small child. I also read it in a book.
Tomorrow (which is technically today) is going to be an interesting exercise in prioritizing, efficiency and effectiveness of execution, and forced rest. I have many things left on my to-do list, and exactly 11 hours before I leave for the airport (after which I’ll spend the next ~40 hours getting to Hobart, Australia).
I’ll write this up sometime, but the last few weeks have left me in awe. Stress, frustration, and Way Too Many Things To Do, yes. But awe and gratitude first and foremost. I have been blessed far, far beyond what I deserve. I never thought I would grow up to have a life this wonderful, or that sleeping on the floor and eating refried beans (because you’re out of nearly everything else) would be something I’d consider parts of that wonderfulness.
I’ll never have nothing.
3 Responses to “Infinite Optimism Drive!”
I call that Having Your Socks Blessed Off. And, your optimism would do well to become a disease and run rampant several places I can think of. . . and within several professions at large.
Bon Voyage!
request: post a picture of a mel-o-gram sometime
By erin on Jan 18, 2009
Guess what else you did as a small child http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-01-04.
By your brother on Jan 25, 2009
Funny. In the first OLPC presentation I ever gave publicly, I ended with this quote from Colin Powell:
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
So true. :)
By Greg DeK on Jan 29, 2009