https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/2021/2022/ Recent content in 2021/2022 on A Geek's Life Hugo en Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:34:57 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2021/10/30/rethink/ Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:34:57 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2021/10/30/rethink/ <figure> <img loading="lazy" src="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the%5Fthinker%5Fle%5Fpenseur%5F1942.5.12.jpg?w=813"/> </figure> <p><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin">Rodin’s</a> Le Penseur. Image from the <a href="https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1005.html">US National Gallery of Art</a></em></p> <p>**</p> <p>When I set about thinking about <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/2020/01/01/2020-delve-deeper/">the year of being forty</a>, it seemed a no-brainer that it would be centred around <em>delving deeper.</em> The premise was that as the worst kind of failure is one of depth, actively looking to ensure I had depth in all critical aspects of my life was key as I came into my decade of being forty something. As to why I think failures of depth are the most critical, I think that both the one who fails and the one who is failed are left with the lingering after taste of what <em>might</em> have been. For one, the chance of a lifetime disappears before it even begins. For the other the time and energy expended/ invested ends up being for nothing. Both face the opportunity costs, lost irretrievably. For the <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/2021/01/01/2021-rebuild-better/">year of being forty-one</a>, rebuild better was the key, given COVID and how it had intervened specifically in my life with regards to a new job.</p>