New Year 2022
Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:00:00 -0500

Another year has flown by.  It was a tough one for me in a few
aspects, but I can't complain too much; I am fortunate to have had
a better year than many folks -- I've had a roof above my head and
a job that aligns with my values on computer user freedom.

Still, it was a tough year, especially in my personal life.  I didn't
do a particularly good job at looking after myself in some aspects,
and my relationships with some of the people I care about suffered as
a direct or indirect result of that.  Not to mention my two larger
burnouts this year, and almost always being in a near-burnout state.

For the new year I plan to change and improve that.  I'd like to
focus on my personal health considerably more than I did this past
year. That will include me being more reasonable about my available
time and energy for my volunteer activities, mainly the free software
projects I am a part of and/or contribute to in one way or another.
As much as I'd want not to, I'd probably have to force myself to
step away from some of these projects in order to give myself more
breathing room and more time to relax, re-energize, and reevaluate
things going through the new year.  Maybe even have some time and
energy for a few projects of my own that I've been thinking about
for quite a while now.

Speaking of my own projects, I've started writing my own gopher server
in C, have been mulling over another implementation in POSIX shell,
and sketched out some plans and desired workflows for my ideal gopher
client.  And a few other ideas I've been letting simmer for some time
now.  I hope to make good progress on these in the coming months, and
have more to say about them.  Though these will be secondary to my
plans for improving my personal health and reacclimating myself with
the nature, and improving my personal relationships both for my own
sake and for the sake of the ones I care about.

Thanks for reading this phlog post, dear reader.  I wish you -- and
everyone else -- my best, and happiness and success in the new year;
especially for those who had a particularly rough year this past year.
Here's to a better new year for us all.

Take care, and so long for now.