Projects, work and writing

2026-01-26 17:00

I haven't been writing much lately on general thoughts. I think it's partly because I've been busy with visitors, relationships and projects, but I also think that's a bit of a cop out. If I really want to do something, I will find time to do it. And I guess right now I want to write.

I'm avoiding talking about work, because I don't feel this is the best place for it. This is probably the real reason I'm not writing much, because I like to write what's top of mind, and well this isn't very fun. I'll just say that a lot of my mental energy is being drained from work. Both negative and positive. I am working on tipping the scale towards the positive, but it is challenging.

Sleep is a good place to start. I'm reducing my coffee intake and trying to get to bed earlier. T has given up the drink, and I think I might trial that out for a bit too (guess I'm committed now I've said it). I have this incredible tendancy to woff down anything under my nose, so the best way to avoid alcohol is to not purchase it. Duh. One of my areas of focus this year is frugality. With that in mind when I'm at the supermarket, I tend to be more content with skipping a six-pack or bottle of wine. So yeah, less coffee, less booze, earlier nights = better sleep = more mental capacity at work = happier me after work. That's the idea anyway.

I'm spending a lot of time on my activities database. I was just going to tidy a few things so I could get my new fit.zkbro.com site up and running (it's not live yet), but this blew out to many sub-projects as I got going. I can see the first version of the site coming out very soon, which will be a showcase of all the things I've done to the data in the background, but probably won't do it justice.

The tailde-net project was subsequently put on the backburner. I still want to get it up and running (I got about 80% there). I'll kick it off again once fit.zkbro.com is up and running. I certainly had some fun getting it started.

Speaking of a fit zkbro, I think I've kicked the foot issue (plantar fasciitis), and subsequently the knee got some recuperation so I'm ramping up again. I've put a pause on all the activity posting, but the graph continues to get updated. Looking at that graph, there's probably no surprise why I keep hurting myself.

I miss just letting the words fall out, not knowing where they'll go. No real message here.. Maybe just an update on where my heads at. I might do more of these. I feel better for it.