Tipping Points

I recently read Malcolm Gladwell's book, "The Tipping Point." It was a very informational read and I enjoyed it. To summarize, the book examines the ways in which social epidemics are started. Gladwell's writing style is very entertaining, as most of his points are made through illustrative stories to the point that each chapter almost feels like a separate narrative.

Gladwell defines a Tipping Point as the moment at which a social movement, fashion, or product becomes a phenomenon. There are many ways that movements "tip", but most often there is not one single cause of a Tipping Point. Usually many different, smaller causes combine to transform a movement into a phenomenon.

In many ways, I feel as if I'm ready for a tipping point in my own life, and am hopefully on the verge of one. The Tipping Point I hope for is the one that causes me to embrace the life Monica and I have chosen in Seattle. We're on the verge of realizing many of our goals related to moving here: I think we're about to become a part of some great communities, we're ready to settle into a (two?) church(es?), we're meeting people who perhaps might help us attain gainful employment, we're settling into this geographic region by spending time both inside and out of the city, and we're learning more about married life.

My hope is that this Tipping Point is the culmination of what we've been working towards during and after college. In college we realized many of the things that were important to us about our future lives, and felt that by moving we were setting ourselves up to best fulfill those values. I think that our tipping point is coming, but which way things will tip I am not entirely certain of.