Tom Kawczynski - Off the Record

It is nearly midnight and my day is finally settling down.  It was a very long day, though productive.  I realize that for all the writing that I do, that readers rarely see what goes into the observations and involvement that this requires.  So, I'm going to do something different tonight, and share what a day looks like.

I work eight hours.  Some days are more strenuous than others, but today isn't too bad.  I spend my lunch hour meeting with a business partner planning ahead for the news site, trying to conserve time.  Through the afternoon, I am thinking and planning for the site as I work on my paid vocation.  With work ending, it is off to another meeting, to look at materials for promotional items.  Then, after a traffic jam, I go to a borough council meeting that lasts three hours.  Dinner is late night Mickey D's, and my poor dog and I both look beat.

Needless to say, I keep busy.  But it takes a while to learn what is happening in your world, and I try to understand.  Fortunately, I have a loving, intelligent, and indulging girlfriend.  That helps a lot, and I know it is only going to get worse.  The more you want to accomplish, the higher the price becomes.  And I think I've learned that only through talking to others and getting to know them does it become possible to make an impact.

If you wonder why I do it, it's because I both hope to understand what is happening, and then apply my own ideas to make the world around me better.  I'm really a hopeful idealist at heart, but sometimes it hides itself beneath a worn political exterior.