My Thermos

This morning, I took the train downtown for a meeting. I don't do it often any more but in a past life at my corporate gig, this used to be my daily commute.

Back then I used to spend the time reading. At about 50min it was long enough to really get in some quality time with a good book. I would load up the mp3 player with a couple of good albums and take advantage of the time to relax and either prepare for, or put an end to, my work day.

This morning though, I fired up my laptop with my Sprint Mobile and spent my trip reading and responding to emails. I twittered and I pownced and now am writing posts for both MyThermos and Web Worker Daily.

I really wish that I could take the time to read and relax like I used to but feel that now that I am a self employed Web Worker, I do not have that luxury.

Or Do I?

I am busy, and I do have a lot to do. But I also need to have a balance between work and the rest of my life.

Do you take the time to relax and do activities for yourself when you could be working? How do you balance your work / play now that work is so accessible?

Actually this is just a place for my stuff, ya know? That's all, a little place for my stuff. That's all I want, that's all you need in life, is a little place for your stuff, ya know?

George Carlin



I am a big fan of web apps of all sorts and am always looking for my holy grail solution - the one that will induce the organizational nirvana that I am searching for, the singular "place for my stuff."

Until the day I find that, I'll be using Backpack

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