General

Yes, you read the title correctly: I'm about to burn out. Probably my mistake was that I was going too long without any real holidays. Of course, it doesn't mean that I will burn out immediately, but I feel that the processes already started slowly. To my colleagues who read my blog: don't be afraid, I will still make it a few months, and I asked for holidays already, anyway.

But nevertheless, that burning-out makes me kind of unhappy, and don't really feel well, and it has negative impact on my overall love life: today I had to temporarily postpone my (remote) relationship with my girlfriend until I've recovered, as I'm currently unable to commit my whole spirit to her.

And that's my plan to recover: no more programming outside work, going out more, relaxing more, sleeping more, no more (active) blogging, no more instant messengers, no excessive emailing, no more posting on the usenet, just getting my head free and getting myself relaxed. But I will not totally give up life, so bits of music and alcohol are still allowed. And I hope that I will get my holidays in about a month, which will be the "climax" of my plan to recover. If anybody knows other ways to get recovered in a long term by whatever measures, feel free to post them.

Good-bye for now.