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My friends pepper me with questions all the time about what I used to do for a living.<\/p>\n

One question recurs more often than you might think: Do you miss the old days when you were under constant deadline pressure?<\/em><\/p>\n

My answer might surprise you. At one level, I do miss the pressure; it was how I made my living, which turned out to provide a nice lifestyle for my wife, my sons and for me.<\/p>\n

I miss the being asked to make a phone call or three to subjects of our newspaper reporting and commentary and to get a comment from them. Our sense of fairness in reporting required us to get the point of view of the individual being examined. So, we did … or, shall I say, I did.<\/p>\n

That was then. The present day provides a whole new environment for newspaper reporters and editors. The pressure comes from media we don’t yet understand. At the end of my joyous ride as a full-time journalist, I was working for a company that owned that Amarillo Globe-News that did not grasp what it needed to compete in this new media age.<\/p>\n

The result was chaos and confusion and we all had to deal with it in the trenches.<\/p>\n

I do not miss that part of the craft I pursued with great joy and fulfillment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

My life has taken on a different meaning in my semi-retirement phase. My blog keeps me busy commenting on issues of the day, on various slices of life and lately, of course, on a personal journey I am undertaking as I search for an end to the tragic darkness that has shrouded me since February.<\/p>\n

While I surely miss many aspects of the life I once knew, other aspects of that life are better left for others to pursue.<\/p>\n

I had one hell of a ride for much of the time on the front line of daily journalism. Now, though, the journey toward places unknown awaits. I intend to be ready for whatever the future brings.<\/p>\n\n

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