Holidays and information overload

 The holidays are here. And despite the crazy schedule that has a number of deadlines starting right from January third, I am swept up in variety of end-of-the-year parties and such, including a two day ski trip to the upsate area. Might even end up visiting Boston sometime in the January of the new year. 

Lately I'm beginning to feel the pressure of some information overload. There are just so many interesting new things to learn and experiment with, and not enough time to even gloss over all of them. I want to try bunch of new games (with the added power of my new laptop it should be possible to play some newer games), read dozens of books, try my hand at learning some new mathematical analysis techniques, apply the said mathematical technicques to composing, brush up on my drawing skills with my wacom tablet, brush up on my violin playing skills, write a novel, experiment with the processing language and etc etc...

And there are quite a number of things I'm actually doing as a part of my job as well, like learning /using the mathematica language, learning/using python, learning more math, learning more plasma physics, digging through molecular biology texts, digging through mathematics texts, digging through plasma physics texts, learning complex systems analysis and digging through related texts, learning wet-lab techniques for possible future iGEM involvement, attending interactive technologies and arts exhibitions and lectures, maintaining two blogs (one personal and one more 'official'), maintaining a tumble log, trying to keep up with art museum programs, part time counseling with underprivileged kids, tutoring, 2 NASA related contests, reading through a number of novels all at once, and a number of other things. 

I think my new year resolution would have to be to streamline my life a bit more, cut down on things I don't need and try not to overload myself. Hmm.