Most people who know me know me to be pretty moderate in about everything I do. I tend to thrive on variety in my life, and when I do get engrossed in something, it is usually pretty short-loved. Certain things in my life cater to that pretty well.

My occupation as a software developer fits because most of my work is maintenance and enhancement work; smallish projects that last short spans of time. Even when I have larger projects, the nature of software is that I can break it down into several smaller projects. There is usually frequent occasion to "accomplish" something and make a recognizable difference. This keeps me satisfied that my work has some purpose and keeps me from losing too much interest.

Cycling, at least the way that I tend to approach it and the way that my body-type allows me to approach it, is similar. It isn't often that I ride 2 days in a row. Even still, I tend to burn out pretty quickly. Then again, cycling has been a major part of my life for a good 13 years and I have been mtn biking since I was 15 (that's over half my life). It is rarely at the top of my priority and interest list, but it is never too far away from it. My biking, like everything else, tends to come in moderation.

I am a little perplexed right now, though. I have lately found myself wanting to work some 15+ hour work days. That's not exactly like me. Usually that desire to put in the long hours starts on Tuesdays and centers around the middle of the week. By the time Thursday afternoon comes around, though, I am pretty worked and ready to start tapering towards the weekend (sometimes I am just done and ready for the weekend - forget the tapering). So I am putting in the hours I need to and getting my work done, but it feels a little excessive and I feel like I am somewhat ignoring other parts of my life during those times. So the confusing part to me is whether I should impose my otherwise moderate life onto my work life or just roll with it. I think that in a way I am strictly compartmentalizing my life when maybe I shouldn't be. Am I alienating people or other interests? Am I adding more stress to my own life than I need? Am I crazy to even be worrying about it?

Maybe I should be worrying about other things. Or maybe worrying isn't what it's cracked up to be.

Some cool news I got recently is that my sister won a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in South Korea for a year starting this July. Pretty exciting stuff. So my plan is to try to make it out there to visit her sometime in the next year. I have never been to Asia, so it should be an interesting experience, to say the least. I have never had beer from Korea, but I assume they make it there. I will have to continue my personal travel tradition by finding a brewery to visit. Part of me wonders if they celebrate beer like we do in the US and I wonder if there will be anywhere to offer tours. Then I remember that it is beer I am talking about; of course they celebrate it.