A Year Is Just A Drop in Time
Though I was way too busy to mention it, last Wednesday marked my one year anniversary at Apple. It seems like just yesterday that I was saying goodbye to Denver, embarking on my own odyssey through the American West, and getting my first taste of life in Silicon Valley and at Apple. Though, as a confirmed Silicon Valley and Bay Area skeptic, I had a lot of trepidation about leaving my home of two-and-a-half decades, I have to say it’s been one of the better decisions I’ve ever made. One year later, I’m an order of magnitude more active (I even started learning to snowboard last winter—something I never did my entire time in Colorado), 20-odd pounds lighter, significantly more engaged socially, infinitely more fulfilled professionally, and a whole lot happier. I’m told California often has this effect on people.
I still find myself missing Colorado often, but I guess I might just have to stick around out here for awhile…