The Punisher

I've been asked a few times why I insist on having a Modus Eundi post for every day of the year. It's all down to the pathology of the self-punisher; I will beat myself with any rod I can find. I started out last year with a flurry of posts and, before I knew it, I had a whole week behind me. Conscious of how many blogs start with a bang and end with a fizzle, I became my own taskmaster. (I'm happiest and most miserable when I'm making arbitrary demands of myself.) I resolved not to let a day go by without a post; I could take time off, but I made myself return to the gaps and write retrospectively. No fizzling out allowed. And so it continued for a year.

On Tuesday, I will put the rod down and tell the taskmaster in me to piss off. I'm hoping that a weight will lift.