Why the Blog Name “A Life of Constant Flux”

Someone asked me why I named my blog “A Life of Constant Flux”.

Well, it’s pretty simple — My life is currently always in flux.

It didn’t always used to be that way. Until about 1.5 years ago, my spouse and I did what many people do when you don’t have kids. We settled in a place, bought a house, lived there 10 years, went to work 5 days a week, took some vacations and just lived a “normal” life.

Well that changed in mid-2005 when we found out we were having twins. That set off a chain of events that led to the birth of the twins, 2 quit jobs (me and my spouse), a move across the country (from California to North Carolina), 4 different residences in the span of a year (house in California, apartment in NC, house in NC, current apartment in NC), another about-to-be quit job (as of October 5, 2007), another upcoming move (going to leave the current apartment), indecision about the future of both of our careers (do I contract, start my own business, or both; does my wife go back to work part time or start her own business) — all this while raising two twin boys.

Flux, indeed! :-)

4 Comments

Susan RitsonOctober 1st, 2007 at 6:33 pm

Moving to another house?

Joel MarceyOctober 2nd, 2007 at 1:10 am

Probably move into a townhouse or house, but still rent for a year or so. But we are not absolutely sure of anything right now :-)

Kevin A. SmithOctober 2nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm

If you don’t mind me asking, where in NC are you located? I’m located in Raleigh and I’m interested in meeting other local tech bloggers.

Joel MarceyOctober 3rd, 2007 at 10:52 am

Hi Kevin,
Do you know about the Chapel Hill Bloggers Meetup? I forgot the website, but I believe they meet the first Thursday of every month at the Open Eye Cafe in Carrboro at 6 PM and the third Monday of every month at the Chapel Hill public library at 7:30 PM. Check into this by calling each place, but this might be a good place to go.

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