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Do as I do

I was in class the other day and my professor was explaining something about the importance of managers following the values they espouse. He brought up the old problem of "Do as I say, not as I do" and why it create cynicism within the work organization.

I think it's a phrase that many of us have heard and understand to be flawed. Yet so many of us talk shit. We talk about who we are with little regard to what we actually do. I remember a time when I was travelling where I promised myself that when I got home I would do so much more.

I would have more time for guitar, for finding new music, and for exploring my own city as though it were a place I was just passing through and had little time to discover. I would have time to be a more passionate person. The truth is that I was the most passionate when I was travelling and that when I got home I let the air out of so many of the ideas I had blown up. I got comfortable and secure.

I feels like it's been an almost unconscious transition from fighting the status quo to defending it. I have to say I'm not proud and definately feel as though I have lost a lot. I am of course a lot more secure but definately at the expense of having a daily routine and almost never encountering anything out of the ordinary. I really hate that. I have forgotten about almost everything I was passionate about. I have placed those passions in the future for when I feel like I will have time for them.

Dave Matthews said "The future is no place to place your better days". I really need to work on that. I played some guitar tonight and relearned "I miss you" by Incubus. I hope I can do more, get back in the habit of making time for fun things instead of just letting school stomp all over me. This blog needs to be updated more, I really need to start taking more pictures, and theres no way I want to stay at this low level of guitar.

posted by Rob and Lauren @ 8:19 PM