>Be sure to sleep late (or just get some sleep) now and then to keep things in balance.

Not a problem. :-)


>I'm *still* looking forward to the day that I don't *have* to bill anything, so I can finally do some of the creative things I perpetually keep in dream mode. One day, one way or another, the billing cycle will be done. Hope I'm still around to enjoy it. :-)

I am very lucky to have a major client that doesn't mind to paying me to explore; they are always doing cutting edge stuff, and management are really forward thinking. I write software that they market, and it helps if it works on the latest concepts. As a result, about a third of my self education happens on billable time, building test projects.