I took a two week break over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, but now it’s back to work! I wish I could say that my “break” was more of a “holiday”, but it was a good one nonetheless and I did manage to squeak a few days of rest in.
While I was away, the blog was spammed by some gambling site. It’s unbelievable what lengths spammers will go to to get their message across. I recently heard that there are 5 billion e-mail messages sent a day, and about 90% of those are spam!
I did have my laptop and checked e-mail relatively regularly while I was gone. Mostly I did so to remind clients that I was away! I figured it was a pretty good start to the year, though, since I received work from some of my stable clients, all with reasonable deadlines past today’s date. Here’s hoping the balance between life and work will continue throughout the year.
Like many, I made some New Year’s resolutions. Unlike most, I make professional resolutions as well. I won’t share this years with you because I like to keep them close until I accomplish them. However, I can tell you that I did well as regards last year’s resolutions. For one, I resolved to publish more and I did! I have a few translations coming out in big US magazines and I wrote a few articles that came out in professional industry newsletters and journals. I also resolved to get a CAT tool and as you’ve read here, I did and am very pleased with it. Here’s hoping that our resolutions, yours and mine, be they personal or professional, are fulfilled this year…
