Day 8 was a wash, since my dentist appointment really knocked me out cold. I was actually in the dentist chair for over 2 hours! Then asleep in my bed for another 12 due to the pain medicine. Very uncharacteristic of me, but quite refreshing.

Day 9 has turned out to be much better. I’ve been finding a lot of link love for WebnoteHappy which is really exciting. Plus I made some improvements and put out another private beta.

Earlier, Graham Miln wrote in and asked:

Do you see your living The Life as a new goal?

Yes, it is a goal. But it is a long term one. Gus illuminated us how long living The Life full-time can take in his “How to become an independent (Mac) programmer in just 1068 days“. I figure I’ve been at this for 9 days (more actually, but I’ll have to count those days later after looking in my personal log) so that means I really only have 1059 left. Maybe Gus should make a calendar. :)

What would that mean for your family?

I think they would see me more often. OK, they’d see me all day. Unless I decide to live The Life in a local coffee house. But really I like soda better than coffee and I’d probably gain a 100 pounds if I just sat in the local McDonald’s all day drinking Coke and eating burgers.

Seriously, the biggest problem I see now for people aspiring to live The Life is health insurance. Especially for those of us who have families. Its expensive here in the United States and it just seems to go up and up and up. So I’ll probably be blogging about that in the future.

And spending time with your family, especially with small children is wonderful. There’s something about seeing your children smile, play and grow up that is much more satisfying than anything in your office, even your smiling co-workers faces. :)

I’ll answer Graham’s other question “What does The Life mean to you?” later when I have some more energy.