My theme for 2008?
Mike Rothman passed along a good question here: if you had to pick a “theme” for yourself for 2008, what would it be?
Now, I don’t want a “theme” to equal “resolution(s).” I already have so much to do that I can’t face another list of obligations (even if they’re “obligations to self,” which I think is kind of an oxymoron—either you want to do them, or you don’t, and if you don’t, why should you feel obligated?). So the first thing that popped into my mind for a theme was:
Stop the Madness.
I’m so burned out right now that I don’t even want to think about security if it means I have to get up and do something about it. Personnel issues, budgets, procurements, contracts gone wild, big-ass projects that will probably scorch my personal earth for the next three years ... and then there are family obligations. I can’t face my inboxes, my desks are a mess (both at work and at home), I can’t find anything, and I have a brand-new Crackberry that I don’t even want to pick up.
New zero-days? Take a number, pal. If this is Wednesday, it must be another data breach. Hundreds of SSNs flitting by overhead, and I can’t be bothered to pick up my butterfly net.
I’m TIRED.
So my little Post-It note will say “STOP THE MADNESS” ... and if nothing else, maybe I’ll try to take some more regular vacation this year. Until the sticky note falls off my monitor and gets lost in the high tide.
