The number one question I've heard since selling the Boulder County Business Report is "What are you going to do now?"
My simple answer is "Take some time to relax. If you have some good ideas for me, please save them for a bit."
My last real break was several months traveling in Europe in 1978 with Polly when we both quit the Daily Camera to take off backpacking. I had intended to take time off when I left the Denver Post in 1989, but found myself a partner in the Business Report just two weeks after 10 years at the Post. That was 18 years ago. The longest break I had in that time was a two-week sailing trip to Croatia about a year ago.
So here is what I am thinking right now.
1) Enjoy reading more. After working on computers all day, my eyes are usually tired, not conducive to coming home and reading much. I have several good books stacked up, I love the time to read the Wall Street Journal thoroughly and now maybe I'll get to the stacks of my favorite magazines Wired, Money and several fishing, golf and hunting magazines I receive.
2) Keep writing and blogging. But keep blog posts shorter. I am trying ... really. I will continue to write a monthly column for the Business Report.
3) Get out and do more photography. I've always loved photography, and I want to get better. Having some free mornings and evenings when the light is interesting will be fun. A Photoshop class is on my list.
4) Stay in tune with local business, especially new media ventures. I loved being editor of the Business Report because I was always able to keep an eye on and sometimes meet many of the great entrepreneurs we have here in the Boulder area. Now maybe I'll have to time to attend a few more tech events, network with other bloggers and take the time to keeping expanding my own computer skills and learn from others.
5) Travel some. I don't have any big travel plans just yet, but I am thinking somewhere warm. A quick jump down to the Baja and a saltwater fishing trip at La Paz is one of my favorites, and maybe I am in a rut, but I love it down there and can relax in a place I already know pretty well. A native of Kentucky, I usually avoid Derby Week, but I am thinking of going back and enjoying the festivities and parties this year in my home town of Louisville.
OK, so much for doing short blog posts. But honest, I am trying.
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