I am going insane…

November 12th, 2008 Chris

OK – I know I have been super delinquent. The fact is I am going insane.

I have officially max’ed out and it was stupid. And I think there is a lesson here.

When I first went to work with Colleen, I suffered from ego-interruptus. That is, the small amount of respect and industry recognition I had obtained as the CTO was a bit addictive. Nothing like telling the story over drinks about briefing Congress or pioneering a new high-growth market. It’s a long way to writing copy and working on a web page design.

So, I went to take on additional challenges that would feed my ego. First, I got a teaching gig at our local University’s MBA program. Then I joined a colleague in doing Product Management training at a large technology. What was I thinking!?!

And it’s not like there was nothing to do with our micro-business. I’ve got things back from last December I’ve not done yet.

But now, I sit here – working from 6am to 11pm each day and doing nothing as well as I’d like. And worst of all, I’m hurting the business that allows us to have a great lifestyle and is going to help us retire.

It must stop. After my current commitments, I am going to re-focus on the one business that’s most critical to us. And if my ego suffers once and a while… in the words of a good friend of mine (and a former post), I’ll have to “suck it up, princess.”

C.

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