A new day has dawned

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Well, this is a big day, at least emotionally.  My opportunities to find another job with HP have come to an end and I’ll be formally terminated today.

I can honestly say that I’m not upset about this.  Instead, it’s just the final acknowledgment that I need to say goodbye and move on with my life.

I’m incredibly lucky, actually.  Despite an interesting bout with a crown falling off my tooth Monday – got that all fixed up yesterday – I have my health and as many mental faculties as I’ve ever had.  More important, I have an incredible range of friends, colleagues, and supporters.  It’s amazing how much of a difference that makes for getting through the day.

And for the moment, I have a lot of energy and ideas.  Here’s the current priority list:

  1. Complete the HP termination process.
  2. Continue to monitor local job listings, looking for opportunities in business management, product line innovation, organizational effectiveness, and coaching.
  3. Contact companies which deliver coaching as a primary service, to see if they’d be interested in hiring me as a coach.
  4. Start developing the idea that I would independently consult on business planning/operations/effectiveness, connected with organizational coaching.
  5. Explore an idea I had on coaching around sacred liturgical music.

But in order to do these effectively, I’ll have to close off a number of action items which are buzzing around my head, inbox, and task list.  I’ve been kind of letting that slide in the last three weeks, so I have to get back to being organized.

And today, my wife and I are going to start swimming regularly – a bit of damage was done to the diet while we were on vacation.  But it was such a great time with our daughter!


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