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Yet another good idea from the Brunching Shuttlecocks. Reminds me of when I was giving Maggie semi-regular rides to work. We had a joke going saying that she owed me $28 and an increasing amount of head for the rides and other miscellaneous favors. I think Z finally took over her debt and is still working it off.

Ugh. My body feels about 50% better this morning, but my brain is utterly gone. I'm sitting here staring at the computer, trying to figure out what all those strange little squiggles on the screen really mean. I think they may be code that I'm working on, but I'm not too sure.

Aspiring to geek-dom...

Sometimes, I think about how non-skilled I am technically. I mean, sure, I can hold my own in basic PHP and Java programming, and I know ColdFusion pretty well, and I can slog my way through basic administration on both Windows and Linux, but I don't really excel at anything. My skillset is not as sharp as I'd like it to be. Sometimes, I wonder why.

Well, part of it is that I have trouble focusing sometimes, and sometimes I procrastinate. Also, I have a lot of other things I like to do - but then, I don't devote nearly as much time to them as I'd like, either. Plus I have a wife and a corgi-son to spend time with and love, and friends to visit. Then there's computer time - we've only got one computer with a net connection, and both of us want to use it - and both of us would like to see each other, too.

Yes, it's a month or so late for a New Year's Resolution, but I'm going to make one, and I'm going to make it stick. I think between God and Z, one of the two can kick me in the ass and keep me on it. :) My goal is to stop wasting as much time doing nothing and spend more time working on the things I want to work on. Sure, I'll still take time out to relax, but I also want to do some me time working on my personal projects, instead of letting them sit and gather dust.

I think I can do it. I can do it.

Relevation

Music helps me focus. Now, if only clients stop calling me so that I can listen to it without interruptions!

I wonder if I get easily distracted because the work for this one client is often repetitive and is never anything really new. I miss problem solving sometimes. I like new projects.