This month I have elected to use up all of my remaining annual leave entitlement at UCL, meaning I’m only working Thursdays and Fridays. The timing of this was intended to conincide with an anticipated flood of New Years work, and that presumption has proved to be well-founded. I’m pleased to say I’ve got several interesting contracts on the table at the minute, not your run-of-the-mill websites but all databasey, functional sites. These are, of course, harder to design for as one has to work within the constraints of the system. On the other hand, it is quite satisfying to turn the bog-standard skin of an Open Source app into something pretty. It’s a double-edged sword.

However, with so many work opportunities presenting and in the hope that I can actually afford a mortgage in 6 months time, my time has become completely monopolised - it has become quite common for me to be up until 5am working on the various sites if I’m not expected at UCL the following day. This is unsustainable, but I’ve always been able to work better in the evening. So today, I’ve made Louise force me out of bed early to adjust this punishing schedule. I have bags under my eyes that are so bad it looks like I’ve been in a fight.

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