Well, it’s been quite an experience living and working in New Zealand these last four years. I arrived debt-ridden and in temporary remission from a [not yet diagnosed] chronic condition, and have since dug myself out of that particular financial hole and found a treatment regime that appears to keep me permanently well. But being now in the latter part of my 30′s I am feeling a kind of ennui as well as that mid-life-crisis feeling pressing down on me hard, so I am doing what my gut tells me– which is to pick up and move on to the next chapter of this adrenalin-soaked lifestyle I lead.

I’ll be finishing up at work in early January and probably leaving NZ at the end of February. Before I go I will hopefully take the chance to explore a little of the country which I still haven’t got around to doing even though I’ve been here for more than ten percent of my life. Time really does fly.

I have no Big Plan yet, planning to just enjoy having loads and loads of free time again, but I have lots of little plans; which involve things like getting back to all my own software I’ve abandoned these last few years. People have been asking for ages when I’ll get back to Drivey development, and when I’ll release an update to Jujuedit, and the answer to both of these questions is either 2010 or never (hopefully it will be the former). Something that might be worth considering is developing Drivey for the iPhone. It would be a nice way to explore the platform– and get rich when a million people download it of course ;)

I also plan to read a lot of books (currently I only get through about 2 per annum) and do at least a little bit of travelling, because I’ll be kicking myself if I don’t. Of course there’s always the thought of writing something– does anyone not entertain such a notion? – but to be honest I’m thinking that’s probably not going to happen; If I can’t get around to reading a book it’s hard to imagine I’ll find the motivation or discipline to write one, but you never know. If I do it probably won’t be a novel in the strictest sense.