Tech, horses, writing, flexibility. This is fun….

I am working on some site development for a customer of my side business Critternut Computing Services. Like most of Critternut’s customers, this one has a horse business. So I am doing two things I like – working on technology and working on something horse related. Other than doing updates on my own site, I don’t have this opportunity often. My own horse site needs a lot of updates and it is not especially easy to work on since it is based on some pretty old architecture. So, in a nutshell, this development project for a customer is giving me the opportunity to get back into the groove of refreshing myself on some of the latest technologies.

I have been on the computer about 18 hours a day (between my day job and my night job) for about a month now. Part of the time is in learning, part is in programming. And you know what? I am having fun with it. I am combining things I really like – technology (especially seeing what is at the forefront with web 2.0, CMS engines and blogging), something Friesian horse related, writing about both of these things, and just enjoying the flexibility you can get by working with a laptop and wireless connectivity.

My whole working life I have been lucky enough to be good at things where I could earn a living. On the negative side, these are not necessarily things that I really LIKE to do. Wouldn’t it be great if I could earn a living doing something I am good at AND something I really love to do? I really don’t know if that day will ever come, but I must say that in the last few weeks I felt for the first time that maybe I am on the right path. Or, at least, that there actually is such a path there.