Full Programming Mode

And again it is Friday: another week is past. I've been in Full Programming Mode the last day and a half, both exhilerating and frustrating. Exhilerating because it's focussed activity, you see concrete progress, things start working: pure creativity. Frustrating because it's slow, I have been doing this for 30 hours interrupted by a few hours of sleep and what do I have to show for it? A slight improvement of the functionality of GROOVE, that's what: I would be hard put to explain to anyone else what the improvement is, really.

I have sometimes wondered if there is not something addictive to the state of mind in FPM. Certainly it's hard to stop once you're going: any need of switching activities (eating, sleeping, taking a break) is in fact a major irritation. I did have classes booked at the Sport Village both yesterday and today (just back from Body Pump) which forced a longer break. Rationally I know this is a good thing, and once away from the keyboard when the fog lifts up you start to reflect on what you have been doing, which also is a good thing. But knowing something to be a good thing does not mean that you do it automatically, or even very willingly.

Looking back on the last two weeks, there is quite some contrast with the month before that, which is reflected in the fact that the frequency of these posts has dropped. It is no longer the case that I have something new to relate every day: in fact I have been going out less, but also repetition is setting in, and where's the fun in telling about repetition? Things will pick up in the coming weeks though: I have several theatre shows planned, tonight I'm going to see part II of the Hunger Games, tomorrow is another Beyond Monopoly! day, and the week after next I will be on a workshop in Canada! Looking forward to that. When I'm back from that, in the typical way of December the month will be very short, with Elise coming to visit the middle weekend and me flying back to the Netherlands on the 20th.