Sacrificing everything for my dog

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Damian Sowers
Web Developer. Founder of Mycelial, Briarpatch and AppRaptor.

Published
June 23, 2013

How I became a programmer.

Nobody will bat an eye if you’re making big sacrifices to give your children a better life. This sacrificial behavior is hard wired into our DNA and it’s expected of every parent. In fact, evolution depends on this behavior.

However, if you tell somebody you’re restructuring your life to make your dog happy, there’s a good chance they will laugh and think your future involves a strait-jacket and a big nurse by the name of Ratched.

Until now I never told anybody about my reasons for my big life changes and I feel quite embarrassed as I’m typing this. The truth is, if I didn’t love my dog so much, my life would be radically different and I’m sure I would be miserable.

I don’t believe in God but I do believe in karma. Maybe karma is similar to luck, as in “the harder I work, the luckier I get” type of thing. Being good to someone or something seems to create a bunch of collateral happiness.

Here is my story.

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[niyad]

1. those of us owned by furchildren understand completely

[hlthe2b]

2. +1

[Autumn Colors]

5. Absolutely! (edited to add something)

Found it funny that at the end of the post, he commented that "cat people" would be the ones who wouldn't understand.

I have two feline fur-babies and I work from home. They're used to having me around all day with them. My profession is going the way of the dinosaurs (medical transcription), but I'm actively looking for something else I can do from home so I don't have to abandon my kitties for long hours during the day. These two love to interact and play even though they're no longer kittens and they do take naps so I can get my own work done. It really is the ideal situation!

[xchrom]

3. Du rec. Nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. "The more I know people...the more I like my dog" - Mark Twain