First post of the new year ... what's different" Well, not much yet but I am going to take what I know and make some changes.

2017 has started and I am already trying to decide what it is I am supposed to be doing. Not in “Why I am I Here"” existential way, but more in the “I need to change out the filters at the blower unit up in the attic” sort of way.While most people are busy making their New Year’s resolutions, I am busy thinking about all the things around my house that need my attention. Rather than just charging into action like a caveman, I decided to sit down to write my first post of the year and think about all the physical things I need to do. This is the 7th first article of the new year I’ve written since starting Life of an Architect, and I’m finding each subsequent one of them increasingly difficult to write. For inspiration, I went back and reread some of those other “first articles of the new year” posts. Unfortunately, this is the sort of stuff I found:[From January 5th, 2015]This is my first day back in the office since December 19th, 2014 ? I have been on holiday for the last 16 days. During that time I did as little as possible, except perhaps set a new personal best for bottles of wine consumed. Normally I?m not all that much of a drinker but there is something about being on holiday that makes me want to sit around and drink. I actually have a slight concern about what?s going to happe...