End your programming, do things that matter.
I said it on my podcast on Thursday but I am announcing that I am taking the next two days off. Of course, this is hitting after the actual holiday, but I don’t want to commit myself to getting content up so close to the holiday. The rest of the week is already scheduled to be posted to last out the week beginning on Wednesday.
As I have said many times, I stub out and do a lot of prep before the day that the post actually publishes. I have lots of ideas in the queue but there is so much dependency on getting things in the right sequence that we just have to wait and let things unwind a little bit before I can start writing new stuff. I am not trying to be cryptic but I am talking about Atlas Shrugged. But I am also full up on Christmas activities at the moment and don’t really have the time to do the necessary pre-work. That being said, I will need to spend my uptime this week preparing for another holiday and that is New Years (next week).
I didn’t mention it but we did pass a milestone last week. This is something that I look forward to each year and that is Winter Solstice. This means that we are on the upside of daylight increasing each day. Of course, we wont notice it until February but it is something to be optimistic about because it just feels better to be on the upswing.
End Your Programming Routine: With that, it seems like a perfect time to just take a couple days off. You can spend your time playing with your new Christmas toys and enjoying time with your family, watching movies or sports or even drinking yourself senseless instead of checking in with me.
I am changing a couple things up in the upcoming weeks. One is that I have Friday and next Monday as holidays. Since I have already queued the Atlas Shrugged review, that will end the week. My normal Monday podcast is moved to Thursday so that I can coincide with the actual date of Festivus.
I will be taking next Monday off as I deserve a little time off too. That makes the next podcast on Tuesday the 27th of December. However, I have decided to move the podcast to later in the week, the exact date is to be determined. Right now, I am up in the air about whether I will post on January 2nd or not. As of now, it would be slated as a podcast day. If I change my mind, the podcast will come out on Tuesday, January 3.
Things are a little crazy lately. My work is getting ready for a big software release so I am way busier than normal at this time. Last week for instance, I spent all week in Indianapolis. Family is still on normal, breakneck speed and I need to finish holiday tasks. Oh, did I mention that my wife is having surgery today and will be out of commission for the next week at least.
I will also likely be away from home the first two weeks in February. Right now, I am queuing evergreen type posts to handle my weeks where my schedule is beyond my control. But, I have only been gone one week at a time up until now. I may do a combination of queued posts and real-time or I may just be skinny for a couple of weeks. I just depends on how things go between now and then.
End Your Programming Routine: There is a colloquial saying that is equated to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “Nothing is constant but change”. In this case, I made changes so that some days line up with the activities that I want to present. I will go back to a more familiar schedule after the holidays are over. I do self identify as a Grinch but I am making an effort to try and be present with my family. Enjoy the run up and whatever traditions you put into effect this season.
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