When the thing you need to do is the last thing you feel like doing. In this case, that thing is sleep.
When the thing you need to do is the last thing you feel like doing. In this case, that thing is sleep.
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Opened the fridge to this surprise! #dayinthelife
With both Hong Kong and Taiwan getting rid of restrictions and welcoming back tourists, mainland China remains one of the few places in the world keeping borders closed and sticking to a “zero-Covid” strategy.
As a teacher, something we talk about to parents about is making Maths real. At our age range that’s normally just saying that counting things you see out and about is good. How many dogs? How many trees? And so on.
It also means that when Yumo goes to the toilet he tells me how many poos he has done.
“Daddy, I done 3 poos!” 💩
Remembering that it’s worth working on your health before you have to work on your health
Had a go at rucking today. 2 miles in the rain with my 20kg dumbbell in my North Face Duffell. Not the most comfortable but not too bad.
Am thinking that doing that before work is more doable than trying to exercise on the balcony.
When the Netflix-produced Korean show Squid Game went viral and won awards worldwide, many Chinese netizens were asking on social media — when can a Chinese TV show be recognized in that way?
Even though China has been trying to boost its cultural soft power for years, it’s unlikely that the dream of making a worldwide popular show will come true any time soon. To appeal to a global audience, the government would first need to be more tolerant of the kind of material it removes from TV-14 sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory.
Have had a similar conversation with Lyra about this.
I was considering getting an old iPod recently but for different reasons. I just wanted to disconnect from the data.
Reasons I put on weight
Eating sweet foods so the kids don’t. If I eat the rest of the biscuits they can’t! Just thinking of them…
Eating their food so it’s not wasted.
the way you act is contagious to people around you
Via the amazing Makoism
I don’t really listen to podcasts, I never feel I have the time but I enjoyed this discussion on hunting and eating meat, being too comfortable, boredom, doing hard things, screen time and rucking a whole lot.
Currently re-reading Vicious Circle by Mike Carey. Am still feeling, just generally overwhelmed with work and homelife and the backend of being ill. Rereading something is about all I can do.📚
Played some Lego Jurassic World on the Switch with the kids today, that was a whole lot of fun mostly. I just need to relax a little…
Yup, definitely the conversion I’m looking for…
How I’m feeling.
You’re not selfish if you take the afternoon off because you’re tired or headachey or cranky or whatever.
On the contrary: you’re selfish if you keep working while you feel like that.
Yeahhh, I took the day off on Friday because I was not 100% and definitely felt guilty.
Source: Don’t work when you’re feeling less than 70% – Mike Crittenden
Creating a reading list.
A mixture of fiction, non-fiction, classics and new authors.
Setting a goal.
Starting this Sunday.
Sure. 20minutes a day. 10 is too short and 30 seems too much. Will use my Epilogue list.
Say goodbye to the ‘tiger mom’. Welcome to the school of jellyfish parenting
I feel this. In China too, so many of the students in my class have countless after school lessons/clubs/activities.
I read it in Alfie Kohn’s Unconditional Parenting too, which I really need to get around to finishing.
“Few parents have the courage and independence to care more for their children’s happiness than for their success.”2 In extreme cases, the “press for success” can reach a fever pitch, such that the child’s present is essentially mortgaged to the future. Activities that might bring meaning or enjoyment are sacrificed in a ceaseless effort to prepare for Harvard (I’ve come to refer to this process as “Preparation H”). The bottom line is never far from the minds of such parents, who weigh every decision about what their children do in school, or even after school, against the yardstick of how it might contribute to future glories. They are not raising children so much as living résumés, and by the time high school arrives, the kids have learned to sign up for activities strictly to impress college admissions committees, ignoring (or, eventually, losing sight of) what they personally find interesting in the here-and-now.
Since, L and I quite happily didn’t drink in August I’ve realised that sometimes, certain drinks completely mess with my sleep. Which is not on as sleep is something I valuely highly, even at the cost of getting time to myself. That said, sometimes just one is nice.
Looking at old photos of the kids. I have two thoughts…
Really think about it. What’s the smallest number of hours you could work per week and keep your boss happy?
Funny this came up because we had a conversation at work and a colleague told me they felt bored. After a moment, I realized that I don’t ever feel bored. There’s always more I feel like I should be doing. That if I dared to feel bored it was because I wasn’t working hard enough or doing my job properly.
Mosquitos didn’t wake me up, but they kept me awake.