Breaking the Habit

Hello readers – Can you believe January has almost passed already? How are those New Years Resolutions coming along? I, rather surprising have stuck to the mantra I set myself; which you can read here: UNO.

Some encouraging news, for me that is - I appear to have shaken free from the sapping symptoms of Insomnia, for the time being at least. But trying to re-condition myself to sleep at regular times again is proving difficult. I have become used to sleeping sporadically (as much as you can do), and have developed a habit – that at times feels more like an addiction - to staying up in to the wee hours; actually doing very little, feeling tired, knowing how I will feel the next morning, but not wanting to sleep. I’ll spend ages trawling through the Internet with no aim. There have even been a few occasions when I have gotten so frustrated with myself that I have gone for a run at around 3-4am through the city, which is an odd experience in itself. It makes me think I’d cope well in a real 24hour city like New York or Tokyo. Perhaps I’ll try that theory one day.

The after effects of Insomnia can be just as frustrating as the critter itself. At times I almost feel removed from the normal flow of time – watching people move past my desk at turbo speed, but simultaneously feeling time in my little bubble drag itself forward torturously slowly. I suppose it could be worse – time could be dragging itself backward. That would freak me out.

My woes aside for the moment, I have been giving some consideration as to the direction of this blog. It doesn’t have any real structure at the moment, and I feel it needs a purpose. I feel I need a purpose. I used to have one, but World Domination just isn’t a viable way of life at the moment, what with the value of the world having dropped in the credit crunch! Although, I could look at it as long-term investment strategy, but megalomaniac overlords tend to have a short lifespan, so that would really be a fruitless endeavour.

Sorry, I got a little caught up in the moment there. As I was saying, I think this blog would be better for a purpose, or at least some ongoing theme that helps it stand out. I have a few ideas – and any you have would be welcomed. One of which was to start uploading an ongoing story in serial format, between the regular me, my life and I posts like this.

I’m not sure if it would work, I have a couple of concepts that would work in serial form – The main issue, as I see it – would be finding the right balance between detail and length. My regular posts are usually around a page and a half. Would longer posts be okay in this instance? I guess if I clearly marked serial posts, readers would know from the off what to expect and so could pass over if they didn’t fancy more than a brief read of somebody’s ramblings. Any feedback and/or ideas would be appreciated.

In other news, these stories caught my eye today:

“Driver crash-lands car on church roof”

Click the headline to see the full article. A driver in Germany managed to miss-time a bend in the road and launch himself off the bank some 35 meters in the air – stopping in the roof of a nearby church.

“It’s a sign from the lord – Ford? Does what does it mean, mass consumerism is good?” (Well done if you got that reference - you have been paying attention in my previous entries!)

“DR Congo Gorilla numbers up 12.5%”

Encouraging news. One of my first ambitions was to become a vet and move to Africa to work with endangered species. I’m not entirely sure how I went from that to my current career in finance.

Life is peculiar.