I've already put more hours into personal projects this year than I did in the entirety of 2017. I'm pleased about that. I'm not please about how tired I'm feeling. I'm going to start tracking my sleep again to make sure I'm getting enough. I hope I haven't got cat AIDS.

I'm not sure how I feel about life at the moment. It's the first time it's ever started to feel 'day in day out'. Not that I have a particularly arduous routine in the grand scheme of things. But it's still the same tasks and projects on repeat. Sitting in the same room every day. I suppose that's the unglamorous part of hard work. But it's like life is simultaneously getting slower whilst going faster. Either way, I'd sure like a change from the software I've been UATing for the last year and half (intensely for the last 6 months). That's what I get for seemingly being the only person in the company who can use an ounce forethought before writing a bug ticket.

Part of this feeling is likely down to the fact that I got super attached to the kayaking I started and all the sessions have been cancelled for the last 2 weeks. It's amazing way to break free from the regularity. And I've been progressing fast apparently. The coaches certainly seem really enthused with how enthused I am. From what I can tell, a lot of attendees don't really push themselves to really improve. That's fine - doing things for the pleasure of them and all that - but I think they just like that I'm keen for everything and give it my all. It's starting again on Sunday and I can't wait to be back on the water.

Funny anecdote: at an earlier session, one of the coaches who I hadn't met previously came up to me at and said "you must be famous Jez". I responded with "famous Jez?" expecting him to explain the source of my newfound notoriety. Yet he didn't. And now it's gone on too long to question it. The last time I saw him I had been upgrade to "world famous". I guess there's worse things to be called.