NJM29: Target-obsessed in These Foolish Things

Hahah. My previous entry is so funny. It sounds like all I want to do is shop at Target, drink Starbucks and hang out at home with my dog. If truth be told, that’s pretty much it right now. I DO only want to shop at Target, drink Starbucks and hang out with my dog.

I’m the most basic of the basics right now and I’m fine with that.

Someday soon I will get back on the dating horse and the travel wagon and the party bus.

But for now, I’m happy at Target, Starbucks and outside in the trees that are all lit up with multicolored lights outside of the Treehouse. It suits me just fine this season.

Right now I’m back at the office and trying to organize what needs to be done before the end of the year. It’s kind of a lot, and I feel overwhelmed. How to chop this into bite sized pieces? Hm. I feel a little paralyzed.

I was contacted by a headhunter last week about a company located almost 3 hours away that is looking for someone just like me, and honestly if the product was right I’d be SO excited about it. It’s 90% remote work and requires a couple of days a month at the office in Small Town. Pay is great, but I’m so not excited about the product. I’m going to talk to them anyway this week and see if there is anything hidden in there that might make this a perfect position for me.

And then there’s the other place, the company that’s based here and is going to start up the new branch of business after the first of the year. I haven’t heard anything back from anyone there. And yes, I know it will be after the first of the year, but don’t you think that they’d want to start talking with people?

Time will tell, I suppose.

Meanwhile, life seems to go on. And then it doesn’t.

Was saddened to see the passing of Virgil Abloh yesterday. What a blow to the fashion and art community and what a shock to know he suffered privately, yet I understand. When you have cancer and people know about it, it becomes your identity.

After finally starting to feel “normal” , I suddenly started going back down that cancer path again, reaching out to my cancer friends and others. I remember days where I was so focused on getting through treatment, that nothing else really mattered. But I also know that it’s possible to do this without causing much of a stir to anyone else around you…until it’s not.

Life sure is precious. Never forget that. Even when you’re walking around the Target sipping your Starbucks.

Back to work,
GS