{"id":61,"date":"2010-01-01T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T23:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2010-01-01T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T23:14:56","slug":"twenty-ten-my-best-year-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/twenty-ten-my-best-year-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-Ten \u2013 my best year ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t do resolutions, but I woke up this morning in a brand new year (I\u2019m pretty sure everyone else did too). I haven\u2019t been at work since the middle of December, and I\u2019ve been able to pretty much ignore my day job since then. I\u2019ve even managed to ignore most of the software testing stuff I don\u2019t get paid for (blogging, the testing stackexchange<\/a>, forums, etc.), and it\u2019s been wonderful. I didn\u2019t realize how much I needed a break from everything until I actually took the time off. The last two weeks have been a time for relaxation and a time for reflection. I have many things I\u2019m proud of accomplishing over the last ten years, a lot of things I wish I\u2019d done better, and a few things where I would really like a do-over. But the past is the past, and the future is what I\u2019ve been thinking about the most lately. <\/p>\n

I expect that 2010 will be a year of change for me. I\u2019m going to try some new things and put other things behind me. I\u2019m still on task for a keynote at star east<\/a>, but I expect that I will be speaking at conferences less than I have over the last five years. I haven\u2019t an opportunity to \u201chang out\u201d in the worldwide testing community as much as I would like to recently, but I\u2019m going to find a way to make this happen and keep my day job. This is also probably the year where I get my personal life back on track \u2013 the last band I was in broke up over 4 years ago, and I\u2019ve hardly played since then. Playing music is one of the few things that keeps me sane these days (running and soccer are the obvious others). I need to be more sane this year, so getting my horns dusted off and finding a new band are high on the priority list.<\/p>\n

Did I mention how much I enjoyed the time off recently. I\u2019ll be taking some more time off this year \u2013 not sure when yet, but I see an extended vacation in my near future. The last two weeks have been good for my body and soul, but I know I need more. I\u2019ll update you as I figure out how to do it all.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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