Coffee in the rain.
Coffee in the rain.
Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Take the phone off the hook. Work regular hours.
Watching some of the students in my class this week I realised you can “pull down” on the iPad keyboard to get the number or symbol the key also represents. Kids today!
Is there a simple way to share an article from NetNewsWire to Micro.blog on my iPad?
Elise is loving Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+. Dinosaurs in a nature programme style with David Attenborough narration.
Mornings are the best, but also the worst.
⬆️Morning cuddles
⬇️Losing your patience at the start of the day
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Ask. Our need for help is simply not obvious to others, so make it clear that you want help. Do you hate to ask for help? — Aaron Bieber -
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This is the way.
Lot on at work this week. I have been trying to not let it overwhelm me (as I do normally). Exercise, family time, sleep (to a degree) are sacred now. Regardless of how much is going on.
This new mindset is hard.
7:45pm.
Lost my patience.
Just ran out of steam.
Just annoying.
So close to making it.
The feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it
I’m on fire, but I’m trying not to show it
As it picks me up, puts me down
It picks me up, puts me down
Picks me up, it puts me down
A hundred times a day
But I hear the music, I feel the beat
And for a moment, when I’m dancing, I am free
- When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
Ten Commandments For Living From Philosopher Bertrand Russell
A night away with Lyra feels like turning myself off and on again.
The best bit about hotels is always how little stuff I have when I’m in them.
Rewatching Ted Lasso with Lyra. So good to see it a second time around and to watch it again it’s someone who hasn’t seen it before.
Night away with Lyra. This is me just sitting and not having to have half an eye, ear or mind on the kids.
Our 3 HomePods are all an hour fast. No idea why. No idea how to rectify it. Which is great.
Grateful to @patrickrhone for writing this post about friendship because it has spurred me to arrange to meet some friends online.
I struggle because of distance, as well China’s current travel restrictions, which limits options a little. But also because I find calling difficult. Where calling feels like a synonym for video calling now. Which is a change from when I was young. Difficult because, despite being so connected by messaging apps and social media, calling feels intrusive and ironcially lacks connection. Plus, you don’t really do it without an appointment, right? Except mum, obviously.
Like I said, I’m thinking a lot about this and plan to make a concerted effort to not only prioritize my friendships but to make thinking about them as an option a habit. To be intentional about giving time to the people I love.
Yeah, I’m going to make an effort to do this too.
Top tip! Want some time alone at the weekend?
It’s easy, get up at 5am. Then when the kids wake at 6:15, you’ve had over an hour to yourself!
Wide awake at 5am on the weekend.
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Forty and one day.
Sidecar is great. It just worked.
Now I need something to hold up my iPad. Any recommendations for an iPad stand?
Pretty good present haul this year. iPad, skateboard, booze, some Lush body spray, French fries and a cold brew coffee maker.