I know the feeling!
the trick is to make sure that all the time I’m spending on creative and domestic work, and on research and development, feeds extra value into this new offer.
I know just the feeling. It’s extreme optimization: trains rather than flight to get fewer disruptions and be able to continue working on your laptop while traveling; language courses on your MP3 player while working out; hanging out with nice people who also happen to send a lot of really interesting ideas your way. It worked for me, for many years. But now I wonder whether there is much left to optimize.
On the other hand, you seem to be better than I am at doing big, bold stuff in an unassuming way. How was Learning Without Frontiers?