My honeymoon in New Zealand's south island was awesome. Allison and I travelled 2035 Km's which equated to a large portion of the south island. I was able to absorb a lot from the experience but nothing that I can succinctly note. A large part of the experience was standing outside their society as a foreigner and looking in. This gave me a very unbiased view and I was able to see crap television, corny marketting, and human personalities as I had never been able to before.
For a while now I have been aware of the rat race but have not able to really see it. Since returning from my cruisy tour of the south island I have "noticed" the rat race. I think this has been a result of my continuous questioning of society before the honeymoon, my perspective as a foreigner in New Zealand, and then my temporary out of sync perspective after the honeymoon when trying to return back to "normality". It's a strange feeling, watching the rat race, and then realising you're entirely wrapped up in it despite thinking otherwise previously. At least I've finally noticed I guess. So here's what I'm going to focus on:
* Build stuff that people need/want.
* Build stuff in a way that I can be proud of.
Obviously I need to eat, but I think satisfying market demand will solve that issue. The real change will be trying to build something *I* can be proud of. In the past I have simply build stuff out of necessity. That's a pretty depressing way to live in my opinion, though I know not everyone has the luxury of doing something they enjoy. So here's to quality software, helping people, and improving quality of life... or something like that.