Joshua Arnold

I used to really care about being social. Actually, it’d probably be more accurate to say that I used to really care about making it seem like I tried to be social. Lately I’ve been learning to kind of embrace a lot of my quirks and stop trying so hard. I probably try to “redefine myself” on a daily basis but this time I think I’m on to something…

We’ve been working on the social.proace project at work and it’s finally starting to take off. It’s funny, no matter how cliche it is, every initiative we make always follows that damn hype cycle:

Hype Cycle

(source: Wikipedia)

I’d like to think we’re at that lovely plateau, but I think we’re more into that slope of enlightment. There are some bugs to work out with our twitter integration and of course the random bugs here and there, but I think it’s coming together pretty nicely. Then of course there’s the whole issue of having content…so I’m going to have to stop being lazy and start writing some technical posts.

It’s not quite ready to link to yet, but I’ll give you a little preview:

social.proace

OK, I had planned to make a long post but I’m exhausted. I’m going to throw on some Arrested Development and The Office and head to bed.

Technorati Tags: proace, random, self-growth, social media

We stared in awe as she approached us. We rested on our knees and our eyes became intimately familiar with the concrete beneath us. As she continued past us, we sat in silence until I finally rose to my feet. We continued in silence for quite some time as we began to consider the depth of the experience.

It’s a box labeled “world travel” but I know that it’s more than that. It’s a collection of everything that has made me who I am.

There aren’t enough photos to communicate these experiences and it’s not something that I can explain to you over a cup of coffee. I’m afraid it would take a lifetime to scratch the surface of what happened to all of us four years ago.

It’s become a part of me and I often take advantage of it. On the other hand, the joy of reminiscing over it all when I do remember might just make up for that. More often than not, it’s looking over clouds at 40,000 feet and remembering what it was like to look over the ocean and wondering what was in store at our next stop.

It makes you question everything about yourself and it removes you from the selfishness that we all seem to have instilled in us since birth. If there’s one thing I wish I would always remember, it would be that sensation of selflessness that we all experienced.

I’m beginning to wonder what it will be like to see everyone this holiday season. I’m certainly not the same person that everyone is expecting to reconnect with. I wonder how many of my expectations will be just as misplaced. I suppose that’s part of the excitement though, isn’t it?

Technorati Tags: december, reflections, self-growth, traveling, winter