I’ve had a tough time trying to get moving this week. Tuesday, when I thought I was going to be jumping back into work, I ended up getting a haircut and reading much of a book. Yesterday, I finished off that book, and watched the Red Sox pull off their comeback against the Yankees. Today, I feel like going back to bed already.
Part of this is due to the fiasco with Don, I’m sure. Another part of it is that I need to find new work since I’m wrapping things up with a few current clients. Finding new work is my least-favorite part of running my own business. Much of the time, work comes to me through referrals at a good enough rate that I can keep everything going without, well, working too hard at it. But once every couple years, the planets align and I need to actually go out on the hunt, and that’s where I find myself now.
Then there’s the ongoing issues with Mom. She’s getting old enough where she’s not going to be able to live on her own for much longer, and that’s meant a couple trips per week up to visit her and help her take care of things. That wears on a guy. I also think I’m coming down with a cold, but it could just be left-over allergens from the pup. In any case, I’m feeling cruddy.
I guess I’m just feeling overwhelmed lately and need to get working on something that will give me a little boost. Even if it’s just doing a quick update on a client website, I need to feel that I’m accomplishing something. It’s a lot easier to keep moving than it is to start moving.
- If OpenBSD by itself isn’t secure enough for you, now there’s Stephanie for OpenBSD 3.6, which further hardens the OS. I’m a little curious to know what Theo thinks of it. [openbsd]
- In Redmond Blogs, Cupertino Codes, Chuq takes a look at official policies on blogging. I wasn’t blogging while I was at Apple, but I was putting stuff up on the web. I always tried to make sure to keep my personal stuff very clearly separate from work stuff. I still think about that — since I run my own business, I have clients who wouldn’t want me spilling the beans about what they’re doing. I might grumble some, but I try to avoid naming names in a way that would get me in trouble. As Chuq says,
Anyone with common sense already knows that out to two or three nines, no?
The big problem is that work is a big enough part of my life that if I don’t talk about work here, I don’t have much to talk about. [doc] - Tonight, the Auto Body Experience is at Lee’s Liquor Lounge. Should be a fun show, and it promises to be an opportunity for me to get out of the house and have some fun.