Staring

I spent a lot more time than usual staring into the abyss today. It's not like I do that on a regular basis, but after a shredding day at work today, it seemed to come naturally. My promotion became official today, and another co-worker gave two weeks notice, meaning that I'm going to be inheriting about 90% of someone's job and taking on about 80% of my old job as well.

But I stared, and as usual, the abyss stared back. See, it's a game I like to play - suspend myself, see how far I can go without falling.

More importantly, I came out OK. Better than OK; I feel a calm I haven't felt in a long time.