Today I took a day off of work, partly to decompress after a week long trip to California for a conference, partly to spend some more time with my family, and partly to live another fully day in The Life. So I had visions of getting a huge amount of work done and getting closer to WebnoteHappy 1.0.
Everyone has off days and today was one of them. I might be hard on myself, but I didn’t get through all the things I thought I should get done. But I think part of living The Life is not killing yourself. Or that is, push yourself hard when you can, but when things aren’t flowing, then that’s OK too. Just revisit your problems the next day.
I was feeling quite bad about this until I happened upon Berin’s latest blog entry, Workaholic Rant Time. Berin’s a local blogger/programmer to the DC area. He complains that it is 10pm, trying to fix a bug, and there are better things to do like spending time with your family.
Even though I routinely work late into the night (check the blog post times), I do it on my own terms. I spend time with family first and then do my work when they’re asleep. And for some reason, that’s just so much better.
That wasn’t a good night. I had already left the office and associated issues thinking everything was fine and dandy. Until I got a call at 10:00pm, and was told to remain on call until 11:00pm. I wanted to decompress and spend some time with my wife, but because this thing “had” to go out the next day I had to go.
Successful delivery, and peace of mind has returned. All is well with the world.