Vacation
Last week, I was on vacation. I didn’t have any free time for programming because I was busy traveling to a nearby city.
However, I don’t see the point in being sad about it, since I spent almost my entire previous vacation programming. As a result, the situation is balanced:
- Vacation 1: Lots of programming 🤓 That time I made a feature for tracking database changes via GitWeb
- Vacation 2: No programming 😴
Both vacations lasted one week.
A Slowed-Down Life
Any projects I work on in my spare time from work feel extremely slowed down. Whenever I start a project, I already know in advance: progress will be barely noticeable.
For example, take a program that could be completed in a week:
- If you work 6 hours a day from Monday to Friday, you get 30 hours a week
- If you work 6 hours a week, it takes five weeks to reach those 30 hours
Because of the limited time, I often find myself asking: is it worth it? After five weeks, will I feel satisfied that I finished a feature that took 30 hours, or will I no longer care?
For instance, the blog feature on my personal website has been dragging on for ages. It feels like I’ve been planning to do it for months now. The feature itself is quite simple, but constant delays and pauses slow things down.
