So Christmas and the New Years holiday was lovely, and thanks very much for asking. I had a wonderful time doing bugger all, staying up late until the wee hours of the morning playing WoW, watching Stargate Atlantis seasons 1 to 4, getting absolutely wasted on potent weed, and completely forgetting about work. Which is a good thing because working at a startup can be total stress and pressure, which isn’t healthy if you don’t get a release from it. Fortunately Gawd invented the bliss of Mary Jane to help take our cares away. (I would advise those with obsessive personalities to take this in moderation, and not mix with heavy machinery operation – consider that my warning to you young’uns reading). I didn’t go back to work until the beginning of the 3rd week of January and I found that in my new heavily relaxed state it took me 2 weeks to really get the work engine revved up into high gear. By which time the calendar flipped over a month and it’s now February!
February already!? But seriously, where the fuck did January go? I didn’t smoke that much Northern Lights and Jack Herrer. It was quite a modest amount, all in all, compared to the bud consumption of your average casual practicising Rastafarian, so that doesn’t explain how 31 days can by in a blur. No, I’m actually inclined to believe it’s just how January is; one big blur of cold weather (for those of us living in the northern hemisphere). My theory is we spend the last 3 months of year moving a such a high speed break neck pace, firstly preparing for Christmas and New Year, and then actually having/enjoying/tolerating Christmas and New Year, that come January 1, we’re like a Formula 1 car hitting the breaks at 300 kilometers per hour; you come to a hard stop, but only after a 500 meter uncontrolled skid. Or in this case, a 31 day uncontrolled skid.
I find I really enjoy that January downtime though. It’s pretty necessary to have a balancing month where you can move a lot slower and take your time to recharge your batteries. The modern world moves all too fast these days, and it’s speeding up – to the speed of light – thanks to all the new fangled technology we invent at a faster and faster pace. All with which to communicate and amuse ourselves in ways not possible even a few years before. [But what's it all for? I hear the more enlightened among you ask! That being another story entirely]. If we don’t take the time to slow down and move at a more leisurely pace, we risk losing the purpose within ourselves at moving as fast as we possibly can in the first place.
Deep, hey?! *grin*
So yes, I had a total blast during January, didn’t do a fucking thing, can’t remember half of it, and enjoyed every minute of it. And for it I feel such an abundant flow of enthusiasm for new projects, and creativity for new ideas, that I don’t possibly have time to keep up with them all.
Hence the cycle starts again!
Maybe I should really spend some time trying to work out that trick to staying more balanced all year round, this year.
Andy.
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