(Thanks to Ted for giving me the idea for this.)
I’ve toyed with the idea of making a State of the Lisa post to explore where I’ve been in 2007 and where I want to go in 2008, but I’ve been putting it off because I really haven’t wanted to drudge around in my 2007 thoughts more than absolutely necessary. Not that it was a particularly bad year, mind you. I got involved with some really great organizations, exciting projects, and have generally learned a whole heck of a lot about myself. But I think now in 2008 I need to focus on taking all this stored up energy and take it to the next level. It’s time to release.
I feel like I’m growing more in this regard every day, but I still need to release myself from the past. I catch myself in moments where I’m either stunned with resentment or reminiscing about the Earth-that-was, but I’m learning to let these moments of emotion flow through to completion rather than dwell or shut them out. Utmost thanks to those who have taught me to fully experience and appreciate the joys and sorrows that compose the human condition. You know who you are.
In the software world, release also has a different connotation…to get a product out the damn door. I have a moleskine that has pages of midnight inspirations covering a surprisingly eclectic spread of verticals, and I just now have a release candidate waiting on my desktop that’s only the tip of Technarium’s iceberg. No offence meant to Dave…he’s a saint for making sense of my visions and putting up with an encroaching managerial thought process ("I don’t know what, I don’t know how, but I want it to work with Facebook."), but I want a more active role in what I see actually implemented. Maybe it means getting Dave a minion, maybe it means developing more myself, (Dave, if you say it means "finding an icon" I swear to your god I will stab you in the face), but I will be a part of some great apps to be released in 2008.
Cheers to a new year.