Sometimes you feel sleepy

And sometimes you don't.

Right now, I'm rather more tired than I am sleepy. I woke a touch before 4:00 and didn't do a very good job of shutting my brain back down. Instead, I thought.

Yesterday I had my annual performance review. I did well--better than I expected. Perhaps better than I thought I deserved. We all know the old adage that you are your own worst critic.

But this year was better than last year, both in terms of the review itself and how I felt about it. A major part of that is the change in work volume and improvement of workload distribution. Not unrelatedly, I was a lot less burnt-out, and that showed through. I don't have the vigor that comes with loving one's work, but it's good not to have a perpetual storm cloud lurking within.

Now we just need to find a reason to feel some of that elusive vigor.