Day-off is Relative
I guess it’s all a matter of perspective. And perspective changes. I can remember when being off for a day meant sleeping until noon (or 1:00 sometimes) and doing a fat lot of nothing all day long. Now things are….well, different.
Yesterday — a Saturday no less — I worked from noon to midnight. Only 12 hours! Seemed like a real break to me. When I got up and turned off the lights in the office, I had that tinge of guilt you get when you play hooky, when you’re busy enough to know better.
I guess a typical day lately has been from 10:00am to 2:00am, or 16 hours, minus a few breaks for food. And you know what? I’m getting a heck of a lot done! Go me!
Actually I’m really excited because last night I finished a new system I’ll be using on every website from now on (HTML websites, at least). It’s a javascript-based menu system, which basically means that menus are plugged into the page like program extensions. The benefit is that I keep the entire menu in one spot (a .js javascript include file) and when the client inevitably asks me to change the menu, I only have to change one location. The system uses parameters to specify which (if any) of the menu items are selected, and which (if any) of the menu items are hidden, and which (if any) of the menu items are simply disabled. Re-ordering menu items simply means putting one line of code in front of the other.
I know that sounds very exciting and all…but it is really! It will save me tons of time down the road, and means that those finicky clients won’t bother me so much. If you’re interested in my technique, email me for more info.