Argh. i'm finding it difficult to write at the moment. Not in a physical sense, but in the sense that i'm finding it difficult to move pieces - of which i have several - beyond the 'rough draft' stage. i'm not sure why. It might be that since so much of my focus for a number of years has been on reading rather than writing, my current attempts to find a better balance between the two requires more effort than i'd expected. Particularly when there's still so much i want to read! Although i do feel i've become more disciplined in my reading: if it's not to do with spirituality, sexuality or maths, i'm more likely to answer the question "Do i really need to be reading this?" in the negative. Of course, these topics are not themselves small, so i also make an effort to try to maintain some semblance of focus within each of them. So in terms of maths reading, for example, i'm consciously limiting myself to general topolgy and game theory, with a bit of measure theory thrown in. But is that enough to allow me to reorient this ship? i guess time will tell.