Inside of the last few weeks I have gotten into Twitter and RSS feeds. Since that I am spending a lot of my time learning new ideas and trying to put some of them into practice. Once Shackled is put to bed, I am looking forward to trying some zen-like minimalism upon my new PC wipe (Thanks for that one Ruairi); I am enjoying musing on the ever-changing state of the world due to social networking; Science, is, as always floating around the background of my head and of course there are various social groups, games, new stories and my recent re-embrace of Haikus to keep myself busy. Haikus (for those of you wondering where they’vecome out of) oddly provide me with some relief from the rest of the things buzzing around my head.

I suppose what I am asking is “Are we all like this?”. Do any of us have off time anymore? It used to be when we were away from the computer we were free; now the stream of information is always there – taking and giving, as we see fit. Why do it, then? For me it comes from a want to constantly be bettering myself by learning, trying and arguing new ideas. Consistency is the sign of a small mind after all…

But, with all this going on, I find it nigh on impossible to actually relax and veg out. I wonder if that is bad for my mental health. Imminent breakdown, anyone?