2018-03-05: AUS->DFW, Cautionary Tales

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Shallow Thoughts

I didn't get to see much of Austin from the ground today, but it certainly looks pretty from the air:

I'll have to come back someday with the family on a proper vacation and take in the sights.

Deep Thoughts

Here are a two stories I overheard today, and my gut reactions to them...

A relatively young manager at a company was having a retirement party. . . apparently his girlfriend had recently died of cancer and a home he owned was severely damaged in a storm, so he was stepping away from his career to focus on other things. I hope I am able to walk away from a job so that I can make the most of the last months I have with a loved one. . . leaving after they have died would fill me with regret.

A middle aged man complained that the only activity he enjoyed with his brother-in-law was drinking bourbon, but he was tired of drinking, so he bought a video game console that they could play together instead. I hope that 10/15/20/n years from now I would rather spend quality time with my wife than kill time with a forced "friend".

The more I read from Skin in the Game, the more I realize that very few people are truly free. We may not literally be the property of another person, but we are so burdened by our responsibilities and obligations that we are effectively enslaved. The question of how I can procure my own freedom will certainly be on my mind for the foreseeable future.