Disruptive ProactivityA touch more crazy (than normal)
Roughly once a year, I’ve tried to take a couple of weeks away from the keyboard outside of work. But for about the last 2 and a half years, for a variety of reasons, I didn’t do so. And then I went a bit crazy as a result. Oops. OpenTech was great fun, but a lot of work; coupled with also running this year’s EuroBSDcon (you should come), and my wide variety of other projects, the workload built up; and the break that was desperately needed just didn’t happen.
You might have noticed that this blog has got busier over the last few weeks – that’s what coming back from time away has helped with. The stuff that’s actually important, rather than the bits that only look it while being swamped and buried.
A week after opentech, I stepped away from pretty much everything for a fortnight (it ended up only being 10 days).
But that was vital. I came back refreshed and more focussed.
On my ipod, I have a playlist called “listen again” which includes a load of recordings that I try to listen to for various reasons. The one relevant to this post is by Van Jones, which contains a stronger argument for taking a break than I can. He’s now moved on.