Andy's Mind

I was on a train to Warsaw yesterday evening and I went to the bar to eat something. There was not much to choose from on the train buffet’s menu, so I ordered a chicken fillet and sat waiting for it to be prepared. The train wobbled and jumped as it moved ahead, as fast as old carriages and tracks allowed. Since it was already dark there was not much to see out of the window so I looked around the carriage. There was an artificial, 40-something blonde sitting by the next table, her back on me, reading fashion magazines. There was a bespectacled, sweeter wearing man with grayish hair, eating a soup two tables away. He looked English to my eye, but such appearances are misleading.

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The time whirls around me, the days pass in a blink of an eye, weeks in a heartbeat. I succumb to that whirl willingly. It powers me, feeds me with energy, enthusiasm even, that I missed for a long time. It’s my work of course – nothing really world changing, nothing worth noting in history books – or even Wikipedia – it’s just managing the technical side of a telco startup. But this role is so well matched to my character, my aspirations, my knowledge, my skills that it motivates me in a way money itself couldn’t. It gives me a chance to work with people that I like and, for the most part, get along with very well. And it allows me to grow – I can feel as I grow each weak, I can see the stream of shining emptiness I call “me” mold and adapt, expanding and changing as I go through time.

With this all I just can’t help but wonder how this wave of good karma came to me, what seeds did I plant deep down in my past that bring this good results?

I’m starting at my new job tomorrow. I’m quite excited about it, because on the surface it looks well matched to my personality, skills and current needs. But of course, I’m about to see how it looks on the inside. I’m prepared for some reality check, but I hope to maintain a positive attitude. Next two weeks would be spent mostly learning about the organization, business objectives and model, current situation, needs and of course seeing how I fit in there.

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I passed the exam for the PMI’s Project Management Professional certificate today. I studied for the past three weeks, at least an hour every day (though on many days much more) and it paid off. Nevertheless, the test wasn’t exactly easy and despite being quite confident that I’m well prepared I had some moments during the exam when I thought I won’t make it. Those seconds after clicking “Exam End”, when the Prometric’s software displayed some progress bars and churned hard-disk ferociously were quite stressing.

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