Edward Meinert and some random notes.

"I have this friend" who moved into an apartment in February. It is a great place, but because of his work situation and that his previous apartment was furnished, he did not have any furniture to move in and was not in a position to spend the couple thousand dollars necessary to really make the place livable.

Around the beginning of the summer, things started picking back up in his life and for a period of time he went back to the way he dealt with issues as he did in his previous life. See, my friend did o.k. a few years back, but some bad moves resulted in him losing his job and some bad investments resulted in him having to start over. Transitions are not always easy and when things start looking good, it is easy to go back to old habits. As the summer picked up he called an interior designer and she made some recommendations.

After a few conversations with his friends, he realized this was probably not the best move. So he backed out of the decorating plan and made a summer out of crashing at his friend's places.

Transitions. In many ways I can relate to my friend, because I realize that making change is not always easy. Especially when you are weighing the pros and cons of doing something, spending money, moving, etc. But in the end, sometimes it is best to let go. Yes, many things have an element of calculation, but when you have the breathing room, make the jump. Life is short. It is easy to let fear (trying to avoid another mistake) cloud your perception. Learn from your mistakes, adapt.

My friend is finally furnishing his apartment next week. His place is now semi-new.

posted by Edward Meinert  # 9:22 AM