Start-up Diaries: You can’t change overnight

How do you say it? I asked Maria Paz.

Decepcionado,

She answered .

‘Huh, I would have guessed that meant “deceptive”. So, it means “disappointed”. Well, that’s how I feel , “decpcionado”. I’ve been in Chile for 7 months and I don’t feel as if my life has changed much at all.’

She was surprised to hear that, pointing out that I’d moved to a foreign country, that definitely my ability to speak Spanish had changed considerably.

Well, I’ll grant that, but many things of my life are disappointingly the same. I still spend too much time on tasks that don’t interest me.

When I was a little kid, I didn’t say, “When I grow up, I want to make PowerPoint presentations on traction in the marketplace.” Did you?

(If you’re an investor, though, I’d still like you to send me money.)

I still work most of my waking hours and have less time than I would like for — well, anything — including research, hiking, reading, learning new programming languages, spending time with my family, visiting friends, and sleep.

I still find myself hopping on a plane every couple of weeks to go visit schools or present at conferences. I drink…