Misemployment - YouTube

This was an interesting video. I remembered the anecdote of Steve Jobs talking to then-Pepsi CEO John Sculley, when attempting to convince him to join Apple: "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?"

I've made this lament before to my wife, who works in health care: She makes a difference in people's lives, and I don't. I enjoy my work, most of the time, and I make a good living at it, but sometimes it feels so inconsequential and insignificant. Misemployment is a difficult problem. 

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Life is busy; I'm working, going school, and staying busy at church. My friend and I recently launched Authentic Faith, a blog and forum that we hope to use as a way to help lead people back to real, authentic, Biblical Christianity. We've made a presence on Facebook and MySpace, and we are getting strong participation so far. That's busy, as I am not just a writer, but also the copy editor for the group, so everyone who writes has to go through me for posting. Additionally, school is starting to ramp up and things are getting busier and busier as the semester goes on. Nevermind that the new financial meltdown that we're facing is making me very nervous about my job as an expendable part-time grunt at a local bank.

Church is great; we have a Young Adult service tonight, and I'm leading worship. The piano player was over last night, and we practiced for tonight. It's unfortunate, really, that in a church the size of Calvary, someone who sings as poorly as me is the best they could do for worship leader. I love to sing, but I don't like to be the song leader; I'm not a great singer, and it isn't my strength.

Married life is amazing; I love waking up every morning next to the most beautiful woman in the world. Heidi and I are so happy, and life is just so much fun. We're having a dinner party this weekend with some other couples, something we've not done much of since we've been married. I'm making my homemade Italian Chicken, green beans, and tomatoe sauce with rigatoni. It will be wonderful.