Future of the House

Ha ha.  Bet you thought this was a post about the House of Representatives.

Nope, just a quick note about the future of life here in the casa del Sundsbak.

My wife and I are both going through job transitions right now.  I'm hoping that we will both find something better suited to our particular talents.

I wanted to leave a bit of an archive of what I was thinking at the time, so next year I can come back and revisit my expectations for our new jobs.

1.  We want a job where we can think about things.  No more boring zombie work.
2.  We want to work in a friendly environment where people can solve things as adults, not spoiled kids.
3.  We want to be challenged.
4.  We want the ability for advancement based on our work.
5.  We want to be compensated with flexible schedules rather than bonuses or gigantic raises.
6.  We want to wake up every day and be excited about our jobs rather than stressed about having to put in eight hours.

Quite a simple list right?  (;  The funny thing virtually anyone in this country can go out and with a tiny sum of money buy most anything that will make us happy.  For some reason, however, we find it really difficult go out and find a job that truly makes us happy.  Funny huh?

I wish all of you the courage and good fortune to find the job of your dreams.  Once you have it, don't think that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.  Most of the time the grass is full of cow shit and weed killer.

Ok, that was metaphorically icky, but pungently good.

I better quit while I'm ahead.