Today was my last day working at http://www.monitor.com. It was tough to say good bye to everyone and continue on my journey. Over the past few years I have developed friendships with many of the people I worked with. We have grown together and, in the process, become better people together.
Lunch was excellent. So many people came to say goodbye and then it hit me: I must have been a good enough guy for all of these people to come to to say bye. It is easy for me to think back to when I was using and, well, no one would be at my good bye lunch hell there wouldn’t even be a good bye lunch because I would have never been there anyway.
One thing I really worked towards throughout this transition is to maintain my integrity when it came to stuff that wasn’t mine. In the course of working at Monitor there were many things that ended up at my house because I had a legitimate need for them but throughout my tenure I always said to myself that I would return it upon my departure. Well now it was time to “walk the talk” and it wasn’t all that easy. As always it was the “little things” that got in my way: “OH it is just a 32MB compact flash!” Small to them big to me. Heck save a buck here and there, but the reality was is that it wasn’t mine. That is how simple I made it if I was considering something I just asked myself a simple question: “Is it mine?” Generally the answer was “No.”
So today I was sitting at work and I looked down at my Happy Hacker keyboard and realized that all of this work to make sure I returned work things to work reminded me to return my stuff to me! I then remembered to take my keyboard and speakers home today. I suppose the lesson for me is that by doing the right thing for the right reason sets me up to reap spiritual rewards. I don’t want the pain or the shame that comes from not being honest, open minded, and willing.
I am grateful I used the tools I learned to make a successful transition from my job.
I am really tired…