hit the ground running
July 21, 2007: 2:09 AM

It's been awhile. Sorry about that.

I landed here in Phoenix nearly three and a half weeks ago and I tried to hit the ground running. I made few arrangements beforehand other than to have my job secure and my suitcases packed. I set a day to buy a car, a day to find an apartment, a day to buy furniture, and a day for groceries and the rest.

I shotgunned the whole process. It was quick, and it helped keep me busy. That way, I didn't think about the move until quite a bit later. If you've got time to think about change, you've got time to sulk over change.

I fear change. Maybe.

I've been thinking about it a lot.

I've been thinking that I need to find a way to deal with the things I have trouble coping with, and my most effective method has been to force myself into situations where said thing comes up.

I fear change, so I put myself in unstable situations to force a decision toward change to be made.

So: here I am. My time zone dropped back three hours, my sleep schedule back about 6 hours. I went from the great white north to the american desert. Caribou and beavers to diamondbacks and scorpions. Don't get me wrong - I'm as happy as I could reasonably be with my situation. My place of employment has been fantastic and I really like where I'm living.

Still, it's a drastic change, I suppose, but it enables one thing:

it makes it a lot easier to hit the ground running.

Thanks for the comments: DeSilva, Sean, David Airey, Manuel, Colin, Snow, Antonio, Beth.

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