How DO people keep this thing going on a regular basis?

Another apology is due to David, and thanks for your comments.
I guess I should sign in to my gmail account more often (I tend not to remain logged in as this seems to build up a history of its own whichever computer you're logged in on...).
The question raised at the beginning of this piece was 'How DO people keep this thing going on a regular basis?'- and I guess that some people do so by having a certain level of commitment to the task at hand- as well as believing that what they say and do is interesting enough to share with others (with varying degrees of success).
Trying to balance shifts with quality home time and the needs of this divorced father's rapidly growing kids often seems to wrong foot me, and I appear to slip into some kind of time warp (or perhaps dreamtime), where I suddenly realise a month or two's gone by in the blink of an eye and I've missed a complete credit crunch (among other wordly things).
Having just had a week off I should have no excuse, but you'd best talk to my red-wined / single-malted / cognaced / beer soaked liver about that...