NoJoMo Day 2 in NoJoMo 2013

Was thinking quite a bit yesterday afternoon about why I've been doing this. Maybe it's an attempt at normalcy -- something I can keep for a time. Yes, I know it's only one month out of the year, but I think it helps center me.

This year, and I'm sure some people reading will understand why, it's different.

That it's different is okay, I suppose, but my desire to do something quality, and get something out of it hasn't.

Is it the process of taking the time every single day to do something? I don't know. I'm using different tools, but I'm still doing it. Too often, professionally, I see tools and traditional daily inanities overemphasized.

Does having me sit in a cubicle every single day make my work better? Does cutting corners actually make the work better? Is the work better because I was wearing a tie while doing it?

(And though I've been consciously been trying to avoid food or car comparisons, I started thinking of "first you make a roux." They actually sell jarred roux. Really? It's not that hard to make it from scratch. I can't ever see a time where I'd buy a jar of roux. But some people might like shaving that bit of time off a recipe. Maybe it works. I don't know.)

Getting a bit far afield. It happens. The bottom line is that I don't like doing lousy work. The tools I use might differ, as might the circumstances, but I still want the work product to be good. If there's not time for it to be even passable, why turn it in, and embarrass yourself?

Maybe there's some letters after my name I can buy that'd tell me why.

in the meantime, the prompt...

If you had to relive one day of your life over and over and could choose which day, which day would you choose?

I think it would have been December 5th, 2009. A snowy night in Washington, DC. The details are a bit fuzzy, courtesy the cold weather, adult beverages, etc.. Weird-looking National Christmas Tree. I might be getting trips mixed up. Maybe they all run together over time.

I miss being more ambulatory. I miss having the means to explore. I miss having the financial flexibility to do those things.

Oh well.