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Coded all day

Spent the entire day on the computer coding and it felt great.  I added features to the core product that any user would be able to acknowledge.  And I added a key page to the product website.

This affirms for me the value of regularly achieving tangible milestones.  Today was a special day because there are several significant achievements.  But on any given day, even completing just one small but tangible milestone is enough to keep spirits high.

Today's only downside is that these advancements were made at the expense of keeping up to date on communications, aka the dreaded e-mail backlog.  It's difficult to not let that affect me, even when I'm on Startical and my autoresponder states that I may take longer than usual to reply.

Reading a book before falling asleep (my usual routine) helps a bit...

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