Where Had I been all these years? This is a good question. Let me try to sum up in one sentence – taking care of important matters for myself & my-family. In the meantime, I have been really working hard to learn coding. Yes, coding!
Coming Out of Hibernation
I am slowly starting to come out from my self-imposed hibernation. I still have some unfinished works, commitments & obligations. Once I finish taking care of these unfinished matters hopefully within a year or so, then I plan to get back to my more normal activities & re-join my social circles.
I appreciate some of you reaching out to me, either directly or through family members or through friends, to check how I was doing. Many of you may have already given up on me and almost forgotten. Even with a few calls/visits or in query through family or friends during my hibernation didn’t go un-noticed. It was very much appreciated!
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Little Burned-out
To run one-person operated family business on day-day to basis for so long is not easy. I have to work almost 15-16hrs daily without any assistance. On the top of that, I have been learning to code as my side project. By now, it appears that I am miserably stressed & burned out. On the other hand, this also has been a great new learning experience.
Often times, I felt that I was being tested for my resolve, guts, will power and determination in extremely harsh way but I was determined not to give up without trying everything I could. Even if I felt I was burned-out and needed change, I just couldn’t give up simply without trying hard enough! I must make some changes soon otherwise, I wouldn’t be as productive as I would like it be.
A Close Encounter with Addiction Problem In Our Society
My job involves interacting with people with addiction, some of them in really bad economic & health conditions. Since I don’t do nicotine myself, I don’t have my own personal experience with such an addition. My interactions with these hardworking but addicted individuals on a daily basis and watching others ruin their own/ family’s lives, even including their personal finances, changed my perspective about problem of nicotine and other addictions in our society.
In past few years, there is wide coverage of prescription pain killers & opioids epidemic in rural America. Because of my own biological science background, I am interested on this area and have started a opioids addition watch category in this site. I plan to continue adding informative articles on my list of articles on opioids epidemics starting early December 2017.[/pc-pvt-content]
Discovery of My New Passion
One of the most important rewards of this stressful period was the accidental discovery of my hidden passion – WordPress CMS. About couple of years before when I was accidentally introduced to WordPress, I fell in love with it after using it for couple of months. Since then, WordPress is what I have been doing on a daily basis. It has become my unvarying companion and inspiring me to learn, write and think about it all the time. Some of my learning by doing projects and portfolio will be available soon in Tinjure WP site. I spent most days learning codes, exploring snippets and applying in my own projects. Most importantly, WordPress keeps me focused on my projects and troubleshooting problems that I come across on daily basis improves my skill. I am loving my WordPress exploration journey and I have great plans for the next several years!
2017 – A Year of Transition
I would start slowly transitioning my current small retail business to WordPress based business in coming years. I have not completely visualized my new business model yet and take its shape on a trial & error basis. It will take some time to materialize my vision fully and yes, I will have to keep working very hard every day until it materializes.
More until Year 2018 …..