For the first time in a while, I actually felt really productive at work today. I usually get the same amount of work done, but for some reason, I actually felt ahead of the game today and it was really nice. Hopefully this trend continues. As everyone in the tech industry is probably accustomed to, there is this desire to cut back workforce so that everyone is doing as much as they possibly can. I went from a team of 3 to 1 a few months ago and since then I felt like I was just treading water. A few days here and there felt productive, but today I actually felt like I was ahead of the game, not just having a good day :) Ironically I think part of it is the time I have been spending working on my personal dev project at home. I only get sparse sections of time to work on it, with work, family, and sleep getting in the way of making too much progress, but in the last week or so, I have made progress on this project in leaps and bounds. I think this is what is giving me the drive...