Network Security Blog

For those of you living elsewhere, spring has sprung in Northern California. That means days in the low 80’s without a cloud in the sky, nights in the 50’s, and lots of sun. Makes it hard to stay inside and work when you could be out taking a hike or kayaking instead. Days like this are why people from all around the world dream of coming to California. And I’ve been thinking about leaving?

Late last year I was burnt out at work. One possible solution I came up with was to move out of California. With the coming of spring and the ability to get out on the weekends, I’ve really been able to work out some of the stress. Maybe I can stick with it now, at least through the summer. It also helps to have interesting new projects.

I like to balance the work portion of my life with the play portion. I need to spend as much time away from the keyboard and mouse as I can get away with. All the outdoor stuff hopefully makes up for sitting in a chair or drivers seat for over 11 hours a day, 4-5 days a week.

So get up out of that chair this weekend and go for a hike, or go kayaking, or go geocaching, or go orienteering, or whatever you want. As long as you get away from the keyboard for a couple hours and do something physical, fun and outside! Unluckily, my wife is convinced that physical and outside mean doing yard work. Not fun, but two out of three ain’t bad.