It’s a known fact that when engaged in activity, time seems to pass quickly. Programming is no exception, as I’m finding out. The days are flickering away, and I rarely feel satisfied about what I have achieved. In a day I can usually rattle off a few bug fixes, start a new feature, extend an existing feature, and by the end I feel I could have done so much more. That’s the curse of programming; it’s hard graft and seemingly endless. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy it immensely, but once I’m ‘in the flow’, the day is gone in a finger snap.

For an interesting read on what causes such a sensation, take a look at the following article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3532195.stm