Blinded

In the immortal words of Johnny 5: "Input. Need input."

Lately I've been increasingly aware of the limitations of home-working. The daily stimulus of interacting with others, even in an office environment, is sorely missed. To be honest, I've been struggling for things to write here recently. Looking back at entries from times past made me realise just how much I drew upon the inanities of office life, however, dull for inspiration. I just don't have that on my own. It's not true to say that I'm completely cut off from the world, my family is still present in my daily life, for example, but I'm not as comfortable writing about them. It's easy to poke fun at an office, for example, but it's quite a different matter to take shots at family members (how ever attractive the idea may occasionally seem),

So yes, I really need to find myself another job, if only so that I may interact with a wider range of human beings on a regular basis. Problem is that's not going to happen for a while yet. The all consuming flat has been so named for a very good reason. It's swallowed virtually all of my savings, and for the first time in a long while I find myself uncomfortably in debt. It's not a disastrous situation by any means, with my current best estimate seeing me crawling back into the black at the end of October, but I much prefer solvency. For purely fiscal reasons I'm likely to stay with my current job, probably until some point around April, to allow me to pay off my credit card bill and build some savings again. And them I'm going to take a very long holiday and hopefully, finally, do a bit of travelling and catch up with some people I haven't seen in entirely too long. I'm not promising anything just yet, of course. I'd planned on going around the world for my 30th birthday, just over two years ago, but ended up buying a flat instead - and look how that's turning out. So on the basis that past performance may very well indicate future losses, I'm not going to pencil anything in on the calendar. But please feel free use anything I've said against me in the future - I'll probably need the reminder...