[Bldg-sim] [Equest-users] Rounding out 2020

[Chris Yates]

Ditto what Pasha said! Thanks Nick

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 14:17 PKConsulting via Bldg-sim, <
bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> This is a wonderful message Nick!  Thank you for sharing your experience
> with all of us!!  Happier NEW year to us all!!
>
> Pasha
> Ph: 308-763-1593
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> On Dec 28, 2020, at 7:58 PM, Nicholas Caton via Equest-users <
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:
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> Hi friends!
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> It has been a big year, with lots of change.  “New normal” is a
> catchphrase we are all grappling with.  As we close in on the last days of
> December 2020, I came across a passage in my readings spurring
> introspection, and thought it might be appropriate to share.
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> This excerpts from the private reflections of Marcus Aurelius – For
> context, the author is addressing himself:
>
>                 *“… it is no longer in your power to have lived the whole
> of your life, or at least your life from your youth upward, like a
> philosopher; but both to many others and to yourself it is plain that you
> are far from philosophy.  You have fallen into disorder then, so that it is
> no longer easy for you to get the reputation of a  philosopher; and your
> plan of life also opposes it.  If then you have truly seen where the matter
> lies, throw away the thought of how you might seem to others, and be
> content if you live the rest of your life in the manner that your nature
> wills.”*
>
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> Today, I find myself far removed from career trajectories and ambitions I
> once envisioned for myself.  At times it feels like I am totally uprooted,
> without a compass.  Winds of opportunity and challenges I have set my sails
> to course through led me into uncharted waters.  Where I was once a
> musician, once an artist, once an electrical and a mechanical systems
> designer, EIT then PE, a LEED and EPAcT and compliance modeling SME, once
> an energy analyst/engineer, once a manager and a mentor and a teacher… I am
> now all at once, all and none of those things.  Many hats worn, many hats
> on the shelf.
>
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> As I continue to find and navigate my own path, and as you find yours
> friend, let’s remember to cast away the identities set upon us by others,
> and especially those cast upon ourselves.  If we continue to grow, and
> learn, and climb new mountains – we will reach summits our prior and
> present selves cannot qualify, or even fathom to see.  The future can be
> hard to chart a certain course through, and that’s a good thing.  An early
> lesson we shared in energy simulation is that we can’t predict the weather
> for our models, but our models can be constructed to find answers in spite
> of known unknowns.
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> These thoughts bring me comfort.  2021 promises new challenges, new
> memories, and new versions of ourselves.  I am *so* ready to experience
> them.  I hope you may share this excitement, and can make time to share the
> sentiment with those you hold close!
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> Happy new year,
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>
> ~Nick
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> *Nick Caton, P.E. (US), BEMP*
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> *ニック **ケートン**, P.E. (US), BEMP*
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