The Grind Continues

It’s already been a month. As I type that two emotions pass through my mind like rushing water. The first is that I still feel like we just got here, and like it’s still my first day working for FamilySearch. The second is that it feels as though I’ve always been here. In many ways the daily grind of my life hasn’t really changed much. I wake up help change diapers, get Hannah ready for school (make her lunch, get her breakfast, assist her in getting dressed, etc…), get myself ready for work, attempt to contain my children as they overtake the house. I go to work, and work on work stuff for work. Then I come home and attempt to contain my 3 children minimize messes and chaos while trying to help feed them dinner and entertain them. During this time we also will make frequent trips to Target, Walmart or some other store. This is partly for “family fun” and also to make needed purchases. By the time 7:00 or 7:30 rolls around we begin the wind down and intro to our bedtime routine. Lately this has consisted in baths, diaper changes, dressing kids in pajamas, saying family prayer, brushing teeth, reading a book and dishing out plenty of hugs and kisses goodnight (Hannah & Connor are currently sharing a room and LOVING it).

Then Heather and I either watch basketball, or TV shows until Heather’s ready for bed, to which we head on up stairs and I continue watching basketball or TV in bed until I fall asleep just to hit replay on my Groundhog-day-esque life.

Documenting my “path” through life

I’ve recently decided to give Path a try. At first I wasn’t a huge believer in the relevance of it all. It seemed like it was just another “thing” that was similar to another “thing” I was already using. I mean really does anyone need anymore “things” to use and share their life with people? Why is the world so obsessed with sharing their life anyways?

However, Path is something I am REALLY embracing. The best way I can describe Path is that it is a mixture of Facebook Timeline, Gowalla (which was recently purchased by Facebook), Foursquare, Twitter, Tumblr, and micro blogging all wrapped into a single app with a beautifully hand crafted bow. One huge key difference that sets Path apart and that I just recently discovered thanks to my friend/co-worker Jesh, is that you can “peeth” privately on your Path. This essentially means I am actually able to simply digitally capture my life. This is everything that a journal has yearned to be. I am able to capture where I am, who I am with, when I am doing it, what I am listening to, along with any thoughts or comments I may have. If I so chose I can share it with my fellow pathfinders as well as the “Twittersphere” or “Facebookies” to boot. When I keep it public my friends are then able to comment on my life. This is especially awesome to me, since some of my close friends know that I have been known to leave commentary in my close friends journals. I think Path needs to look to add video as another option of posting as well as a “Watching”, since they already have a “listening” option. While they are at it, might as well add in a “reading” as well since many humans enjoy reading.

Path describes itself as, “the smart journal that helps you share life with the ones you love.”