https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/intermission/ Recent content in Intermission on A Geek's Life Hugo en Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:13:33 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/12/20/in-retrospect/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:13:33 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/12/20/in-retrospect/ <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y4KiGN1j1No?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <p><em>This</em> has been one  hell of a ride. There was change <em>aplenty</em> - the good, the bad and the iffy. In hindsight, maybe <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/2008/08/diary-of-a-would-be-school-boy/">some decisions in 2008</a> were hasty, maybe they were not…Bottom line is that I <em>survived</em>..</p> <p>Call them random occurrences, put them down to luck or whatever – I think it was Divine Providence that pulled me through some really difficult times. It had to be – from getting THE opportunity after it had closed, to significant delays on bus timings that enabled me catch the train that got the ball rolling, to having a friend leave her house at the just the right time I needed a new house to stay in a new city (P you totally rock!), to getting <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4KiGN1j1No">Brooke Fraser’s Shadowfeet</a> at the time things felt the bleakest, there had to be some orchestration behind it all. The plus side is I learned a few hard lessons - still learning even newer, harder ones.</p>