I’ve been really pretty busy over the last couple of months, but I just thought I’d pause for a second to put this here as a marker in my life, of sorts.
A few months ago I thought of an idea. It was one of those half-formed things that rolls around in your head, and you go, “man, someone should do that.”
If you’re a nerd like me, you might register a domain, check a twitter username availability, or you might jot it in your current GTD list, under “someday” (which kind of really means “I will regretfully delete you in 6 months”), or you might tell a mate over a beer.
Fast-forward six months, and someone else has done your idea, completely independently of you. They’re really making it happen. It’s great. It bums you out.
Your mate says, “Oh, hey remember how you said that thing about […]? Well check it out, here it is!” That bums you out too.
I’ve done that plenty of times. So very many times.
But not this time.
So I’ll preemptively excuse myself on this blog, as I’m probably going to shamelessly plug the Play Well Cup for the next 8 weeks. But you know what? I love the game, I love the cause, I love the community, and I’m a massive fan of the people who are helping me out by playing.
And sssssh —keep this bit to yourself— I’m also kind of secretly pleased with myself too. Because this was one of those times where I thought, “someone should do that.” And you know what? I’m someone; we’re all frickin’ someone.
So I did it.
