A few months ago my kick-ass little company was taken over by a bigger company where everything (and especially IT) is bogged down by internal politics, bureaucracy and hair-raising inefficiency. I was offered a nice job in the marketing department but that would have required moving to London which I absolutely didn't feel like. So last week after a final talk with management I decided to leave the company. It was a painful decision, because I really liked this job, the company and my colleagues a lot before the take-over. I moved to Gent last summer expecting to work there for several more years.

Anyway, since yesterday I don't have to go to work anymore but I still get paid until the end of April, so I can take a two and a half month vacation, which for me is pure paradise. Many people say they wouldn't know how to fill their time, which I just don't understand. I have a 100 things I want to do, the only problem is choosing between them and having enough self-discipline to organise my time well.