Up the hillside.

I know pretty much all the lines about looking for work while I have work, how lacking gaps in my employment history gives my CV a more robust appearance, the initiative I display. And at the same time, I know it's late on a Sunday night and if I didn't need to be in bed shortly to be at a decent level of functionality for work tomorrow, this would be a great time to do a couple hours' worth of job hunting related tasks. Browse through the websites, sort through the feeds, winnow down a couple dozen promising leads into five to eight reasonable postings, with tomorrow and Wednesday spent on pounding out the letters themselves. Power on through and make the most of my time, leaving a couple nights free during the week to spend writing and baking.

It's too many years of college and grad school training me to work long into the night, alone at my desk, with the soft light of a lamp and my computer. That state has become what I think of as productive. Ordinarily, it is. Except when I can't focus the energy to get to even the initial phase, and instead write up blog posts to record my feelings on a given evening.

In more positive news, I finally got my old desk lamp out of storage, and it's both brighter and less harsh than the one I already had. Which I'm keeping around just the same - the additional light is very comforting this time of year, and should stay that way until my birthday or so. Also, I got some more pajamas, also suitably comforting for the coming months.