Work - The Big Day
Well, the big day approaches. It's out on the grapevine now, so I might as well place it in my diary. I'm resigning from my current employer to become a consultant. The reasons are long and varied, the one I most fond of goes something like this:

I find I never have enough time in the day to do everything I want. The two things that take up the most time are work and sleep, and I'm unwilling to give up sleep.

That sums it up nicely, I guess. I want a life again. Currently I'm doing management work, not coding, not design, not the things I'm good at, nor the things I want to be learning. Sure, I make a great catalyst. My presence helps everyone else do their jobs and work more effectively, but I don't actually seem to get any work done myself because I'm too busy shunting work.

Can I say I'm happy about leaving my job? Well, I'm certainly happy for me -- I've got plenty of people jumping at the chance to grab me as a consultant, so I'm not too concerned about not getting work. Likewise, if things do go badly I've got a good chunk of savings and a few standing invitations to go back to full-time employment. I stand to gain a lot -- my home office is underneath an apricot tree, I'll be working with some of the most clueful people I've ever met, and there'll be opportunities for me to learn the things I'm interested in and do the things I want to do. The risk is well worth the potential gain here.

However there are some people I will miss, and who I know will find things harder when I'm gone. To those people, I'm sorry. I love working with you, you're great people, but I'm going to go insane if I continue with things the way they are. I'm sure that we won't lose touch, in fact I very very much hope that we can work together again in the future.

Right now I'm trying to write my final letter to submit on Friday. It's certainly not the easiest of tasks, and I'd like things to go as smoothly as possible with me leaving. It won't go smoothly, of course, there's no denying that I'll be leaving a rather large hole, but I'm hoping I can put forward recommendations that will help.

It's getting late, and I should be getting home before dark. I'm sure I'll have much more to write before all of this is over.