I first saw The Graduate when I was a teen in the late 70's and it quickly became my favorite movie. From the moment he comes on screen, I identified with Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman's character). As a teenager, I think the identification was mainly with the coming of age aspects of the character and the story. Thirty plus years later, Benjamin represents a guy, albeit young, who decides to throw caution to the wind and live life on his own terms. I love Ben's face, at the very end of the movie, as he and Elaine "escape" from her wedding on the bus. I would call his look the intersection of hubris and terror. It is one thing to understand that you are completely free to make choices, it is another thing to actually make them.
I am thinking that I had the Ben Braddock smirk for much of today.
I did reasonably well on my goals.
1. My new workspace is coming along nicely. I think I should be completely set up in another 4 to 6 hours.
2. I reviewed the proposals today that I received from Freelancer.com. I was not impressed enough to select one. I am teetering on the edge of just building the site myself using CafePress. This is a bad idea because, while I have some programming skills, it will take me many hours to build a simple website. I received additional proposals this evening so I will probably keep looking for the right shop to build the site.
3. I did very little work on my samples today other than to define what I need. This will get bumped forward on the list.
4. I was fortunate enough to discuss my project with two potential employees today. I think either would be a good fit in the short run and both were interested in what I am doing. I am checking this box until I need to make a hire.
5. I was very busy for about half the day with my existing consulting business and made good progress towards wrapping up a couple of projects.
I think it was a fine start.
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