As some have known, I got married a few years ago. That marriage was beautiful when we were in sync. The goal was to enjoy our lives while bring out the best in our daughter.
Life was never going to give you a walkover, so we took life on as much as we can, play the cards we are dealt. Some good, some bad.
Achievements:
- Myself
- 2 more classes to my second masters at GA Tech
- Surviving the terrible year of paycheck-to-paycheck for a year (mid 2024-mid 2025)
- Building a new high in stats/ai consulting revenue, though not recovering what was lost
- Wife
- Found employees that added value to her business as we experimented with culture and setup
- Survived the low end of making much less money than before (being below my full time gross pay) for 2 years
- Reaching new highs not seen in years
- Daughter
- Steadily in front while not being in the headliner classes
- From contender to quitter and back to podium again
- Almost as tall as me now
Sad part, this all ended as the adults found no resolution to their differences. One described her character as the violent wind, well, I'm not that immovable but making me work can be tiring.
I described to someone our relationship was 90% high, 10% low. Only problem was the low was really low. Fortunately, nothing insane happened yet, but adults need to ease off and work out a comfortable exit for both sides.
Friends pull me away from romanticizing the past, it was beautiful in phases, the combined hard work is acknowledged by many peers in the community, but things don't last forever, at least for me. And I am taking the exit from this show.
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