I finished "Common Sense Economics" this weekend and started J. Budziszewski's "The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man." So far it is very interesting.
What is also interesting, although disappointing in hind-sight, is that Budziszewski is a Philosophy professor at The University of Texas at Austin, where I went to school. Unfortunately I didn't know about him at the time. Oh well...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Catching Up
So much has transpired since I last posted here... much.
I got a promotion at work, but I already posted about it. I am still very excited about it. I like the new role and the increase in pay. As I move away from the idea of eventually having a career in financial services, it becomes more important for me to focus on developing my career at work. This is a step in the right direction.
Making that decision to move away from owning my own business and being a financial advisor was a difficult one. It is something I have done part-time for almost seven years and something I have been dreaming about doing full-time during those seven years. Coming to the realization that I wasn't willing to do what it takes to make it a reality was a difficult pill to swallow. To some degree I feel like a quitter, even though I believe it was the right decision. Enough about that...
My wife is pregnant and expecting our third. We are excited, but nervous about what life with three kids will be like. My wife had very easy pregnancies with the first two - i.e. no morning sickness - which were boys, but she has been as sick as a dog with this pregnancy, so she is convinced it is a girl. The thought scares me, but if it is a little girl, she will have two older brothers to help me over-protect her.
I have read several books since I last posted, all of which I have liked, so let me recommend them:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Common Sense Economics by Gwartney, Stroup and Lee
I also started Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, a book I had been wanting to read for awhile, but I got bogged down about 150 pages into it and decided to scrap it for the time.
I got a promotion at work, but I already posted about it. I am still very excited about it. I like the new role and the increase in pay. As I move away from the idea of eventually having a career in financial services, it becomes more important for me to focus on developing my career at work. This is a step in the right direction.
Making that decision to move away from owning my own business and being a financial advisor was a difficult one. It is something I have done part-time for almost seven years and something I have been dreaming about doing full-time during those seven years. Coming to the realization that I wasn't willing to do what it takes to make it a reality was a difficult pill to swallow. To some degree I feel like a quitter, even though I believe it was the right decision. Enough about that...
My wife is pregnant and expecting our third. We are excited, but nervous about what life with three kids will be like. My wife had very easy pregnancies with the first two - i.e. no morning sickness - which were boys, but she has been as sick as a dog with this pregnancy, so she is convinced it is a girl. The thought scares me, but if it is a little girl, she will have two older brothers to help me over-protect her.
I have read several books since I last posted, all of which I have liked, so let me recommend them:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Common Sense Economics by Gwartney, Stroup and Lee
I also started Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, a book I had been wanting to read for awhile, but I got bogged down about 150 pages into it and decided to scrap it for the time.
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