The Joy of Next

I picked up the book Stumbling on Happiness last weekend while traveling to my cousin's wedding in Philadelphia.  The book caught my eye because it has an endorsement by Malcolm Gladwell on the cover (blink, The Tipping Point) and another from Steven Levitt (freakonomics) on the back. Daniel Gilbert begins the book considering the topic of 'prospection'.

Prospection: The act of looking forward in time or considering the future.

"To see is to experience the world as it is, to remember is to experience the world as it was, but to imagine -- ah, to imagine is to experience the world as it isn't and has never been, but as it might be. (p. 5)"

Today is my last day at BMC.

I could have never imagined all of the great people, projects, personal and professional challenges and adventures that I would experience, when in 1996 I stumbled upon 'the best little software house in Texas'. When I look back at the past decade I have spent as an employee here, I often think of Chico Escuela's famed line from Saturday Night Live about baseball. BMC has been 'berry, berry good to me.' It's been a fantastic decade of tremendous technology change and profound personal growth and I leave thankful for all of the great experiences I have gained.

May your imaginary tomorrows be all that you hope for! Thank you.