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A few years ago, in my blog post “Life in the 80s,” I wrote about my goals for the next decade of my life, my 80s. In a section titled “Do Less Programming,” I talked about reducing my coding activity to leave time for other activities. I planned to leave the NUnit project, my largest time commitment, at the end of 2022.

In fact, I did leave NUnit at that point but after a year or two, for a variety of reasons, I went back to working on the project, focusing on the NUnit engine. At this point, I have been part of the NUnit organization since 2004, with the exception of two relatively brief absences, the 2022 break being the second. Now, in 2026, I’m feeling that it’s time for another change.

No, not the 1980s, my 80s!

I just had my eightieth birthday so I’m thinking about what I want my 80s to be like in general. How I’ll live, how I’ll spend my time. This is pretty high level but I’ll add a few specific projects I may want to undertake as examples.

As I write this, I am contrasting the life I want from the life I’ve had most recently. That life, under the influence of the COVID pandemic, has been more isolated and sedentary than it was in the past. Time now for some change!