I'd love to be poetic about how uninspired this Winter has been, unfortunately I don't have any inspiration. In fact the overuse of the word inspired is killing my ability to think about finding inspiration. This is a frustration.

I've decided that the best description for my current situation is that I'm stuck in a rut. Not 'the rut', I'm stuck in 'a rut' although I'd imagine that would stop pretty fast if I started doing what deer do during their rut. I've been looking at a couple of options to end this frustration, and most of them seem awesome. I could be wrong.

Inviting Chaos
I'm looking for a challenge, while I solve technological problems all day and work on political issues at night I'm lacking a true challenge. My intellectual conversations have been stuck in repeat. This leaves only one option - chaos, I need to try something new. I need a new challenge every week. I need to stop getting distracted by day to day life.

Spring Cleaning
After completing most of the winter projects that were budgeted for there isn't much left to do. Optimization is usually very fulfilling after a project is complete. I can't optimize right now since I know there is another batch of projects this summer. Summer too far into the future.

One of the projects I'm really looking forward to is an automated watering system fed by a rain barrel. I can be incredibly forgetful so this technology could help keep the veggies growing all summer long.

New Technology
There is usually something new that I can test by early may, unfortunately the 2012 products are not challenging.

Bringing me back to the point - why do I feel so bored?