It’s official. I waved goodbye to AOL today. I still have my AOL email address. I just can’t give it up because I was one of the first 500,000 subscribers. But I’m officially moving over to the Outlook platform. Our media department laughs as I cry. They dance as I mourn. They rejoice as I grieve. I’m a creature of habit like everybody else, and old habits die hard. Especially the AOL habit.

On a serious note. I have had this feeling like I’m falling farther and farther behind every day. Sort of like the Red Queen in Alice and Wonderland. I respond to every email that makes it through my spam filter. I have a hard time saying no to meetings. And between writing, parenting, and pastoring I feel like I’m stretched pretty thin. So I need to make some fundamental changes in the way I lead. I think what I’m trying to say is this: I need to let people help me! Changing over to Outlook is a step in the direction of letting someone else manage my life. I can’t manage me anymore!

So goodbye AOL. Thanks for the memories. I’ll miss you but I promise to visit once in a while!