I've been a bit bothered lately by the fact that I didn't have any kind of real long-term goals, work-wise. I mean, I liked my job, and wanted to get better at it -- still do -- but that was it. I didn't have a lot of forward momentum, and I didn't have a fall-back plan if the technical writing thing got boring.

Now I'm thinking I might start looking into User Interface Design theory. I don't know if that's terribly practical, practical's never been my strong point, and I'm not sure it's something I have any knack for, but it is a topic I find very interesting and it does fit in rather symbiotically with my current work, while being distinct enough to not just feel like more of the same.

So... I'm not sure yet what the next step is, but I like the feeling that there might be one.