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Back on Road

For almost a year, I've been trying to keep my focus exclusively on my work. Anything not directly related to my short or medium term goals was discarded without any hesitation. At the beginning I thought it was the smartest thing I could do. In fact, I did notice the difference: more working time meant more stuff done, and consequently more short/medium term goals accomplished. That's was good.

Now, I think I kind of screwed up with that decision. Turns out that the extra focus, ~16 hours/day working, has kept me from doing a whole lot lot of things I like. I stopped working out, running, traveling to conferences/congresses, etc. Even though I was doing the right thing, to much of a good thing isn't good any longer (chocolate is a good example).

If you are reading this, chances are we have met in some conference/congress/IT event (it's just statistics and odds). Well, that's one of the things I stopped doing, so during these last months I didn't meet as many interesting people as I'd liked to. That's definitely one of the things I've been missing the most. I miss networking with peers, and keynoting about subjects I'm passionate about.

Unlike the last time I wrote about a shift in my life (there were people who actually thought I was becoming an actor), this time I'm serious about it: I'm going to start changing the things that haven't fulfilled me lately. First of all, I won't long (kindly) reject invitations to give talks/keynotes in events. I'm back on road!

Tomorrow I'll be heading to Innovate!Europe, Open Innovation III, and the prize giving ceremony of the annual Free Software contest. I'll spend a single day on each event, so after three days, I'll be back in Madrid with plenty of time to continue working. Doesn't it sound like a much more balanced plan? It does for me.