Decadesix is a project.  Decadesix is a need for change.  Decadesix may be nothing more than a midlife crisis.  But I think it is more.

In March of this year, 2007, I lost the best job I had ever had.  I was the Vice President of a midsized distribution company.  I worked hard, played hard and thought I was on the ride that would last a lifetime.  That is until March 2nd when I received a call from the company’s, very wealthy absentee owner, letting me know that our President had been released and the company would be turned off.  Yes, like a light switch.  Not sold, turned off and liquidated.

So, I spent the next 10 weeks preparing for my next career. Wringing my hands at first and wondering “what am I going to do?”  Then, about 4 weeks into this 10 week period, I noticed that I was starting get really good sleep.  I also, started to lose weight.  I was relaxed.  When I passed a mirror I would notice  a calm on my face that had been missing for years.  How was this possible?  I am supposed to be in panic mode. 

What I realized, was that “Dream Job” was really a bundle of stress and an emotional black hole.  What I thought was my salvation in the form of a nice paycheck and a fancy title, was in fact the very thing that was silently killing me and I had no idea.   I made  a promise to myself then and there.  “I must never again, get myself into a position where someone else has that much power over my life, ever!”

So one day I was reflecting on my life and I broke it down into decades.  Conveniently it worked out that way.  From birth to ten, my first decade, well I was a kid.  I was really good at that.   Then from eleven to twenty, my second decade I was ??  You guessed it, a teenager.  I was even better at that.  Twenty-one to thirty, my third decade,  life started happening.  Marriage, kids, job, mortgage…hey wait a minute this is great, but it is kind of getting hard?  Anyway, on we go.  From thirty-one to forty, my fourth decade, my parents passed away, the kids grew up, the marriage ended.  Wow!  This being an adult is not near as much fun as I thought it would be.  From forty-one to present, my fifth decade, I have found love again, changed careers and learned how to live and generally be happy. 

Well, next year I start my SIXTH DECADE.  I feel an obligation to make it the best one yet.  That is what decadesix is all about.