Busy, the downsides
In my mind, there are plenty of upsides to being busy in the summer - it staves off boredom, i’m (hopefully) doing interesting things, i feel productive, and i’m forced to get some sort of excercise.
Most of all, when you’re already busy doing things, it’s pretty easy to add a few more projects on the side, so I end up doing more of what I want to do anyway. Having a structure and a schedule tends to do that.
The real downside I’ve noticed is that between Flicker, my “real job”, and getting things done around home, I’ve had surprisingly little time to sit down and surf the web the way I have for a few months.
I haven’t kept up reading all my favorite blogs, and a certainly haven’t had time to really write much for my own. Hopefully my schedule will settle out sometime soon and I’ll have more time for my hobbies again.