Jumping off the cliff
I have to admit that when I work I spend a lot of time just doing nothing. One of the major reasons for this is not that I'm lazy but that I never want to jump off the cliff. For me when I'm doing research there is this point where it consumes my life. Once I am in the code, math, or writing far enough I just can't stop until it's right. The cliff of no return. I've been dancing along the cliff for a couple of days now, hoping if I kicked enough dirt over the end I'd slide down gracefully. These days I have plenty of things to distract me so it's been easy. But today I fell, stumbled even, and am consumed. Sadly it's going to be one of those long dives off of a cliff where you hit the bottom with a large splat instead of a graceful bounce. Lately life has been feeling like that more and more. There have been a lot of things all looming that will need to be done and the anticipation of all that work makes me very worried. Here's to hoping that other slips/jumps off the cliff go a little more smoothly.