Doing your own thing and going your own way can be a big trip. Face it, it can be a lot of fun hen you blaze your own trails and make your own path. Lately I have been trying to do more of it in the way of business and technology. Unfortunately, I have found that blazing new trails can be a lot of work.

Take for example, web hosting. I have started to do hosting of my own sites myself. This means that I am responsible for everything, including maintaining the server, securing the server and doing backups. It means that I need to do backups on a regular basis in order to keep things running smoothly. It’s a lot of work, but it is something I need to do.

Another example is writing plugins. Since I try to come up with something new and interesting, it means that sometimes I am coming up with entirely new ways of programming. I can’t really rely on anyone else to check and see if I am doing it right. It means I spend a lot more time doing trial and error to make sure I get things right.

That’s ok. I know both of these are improving my skills and making me more self reliant, and that’s something very good.

Ah, my reflections on things going around me. That is sometimes the way I feel when I see things going on around me. It sometimes fills me with hope, sometimes it fills me with dread. I look at the past and look at the future. I look at the good decisions I have made and the bad decisions I have made in the past. It all engulfs me sometimes, but sometimes I break free.

I know the future is bright and things are moving forward at a breakneck pace and that the future is something we are never quite sure or even uncertain about. We can only do our best and hope and pray for the best. That is the powerful power of all of this and that is what brings me happiness and contentment.