Very happy!
Very happy!
Day 19
One of the things [Uncle Alex] found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when they were happy. He himself did his best to acknowledge it when times were sweet. We could be drinking lemonade in the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, “If this isn’t nice, what is?” So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”
I think about this a lot. Though not as much as I should.
How much do we do this? Think about, how, what we are experencing is, nice…
Not as much as we should.
Coffee and noodles for brunch
Dinner out
Day 17
烧烤！So good!
Day 16
The cleaner always sorts the papers on my desk and honestly it’s the best.
Day 15
Meet the World’s First Carbon-Neutral Soccer Club
Just up the road from where Mum grew up.
Day 13
Sunday wasn’t great
Caught up inside my own head
Time to breathe and smile
How much do you think about this country’s obesity crisis? I used to, but now I think more about the mental health crisis. I used to focus on physical transformation – leanness, body shape. But during the pandemic I realised that it’s with mental health that people need help and motivation. Without a healthy mindset and the energy you get from exercise, life feels a lot harder. If you look at exercise from a mental health perspective, the body will follow.
Day 12
Elise just gave me a thumbs up and then winked at me because she did some great eating. Which was weird.
Yumo is getting better! Not bad for 3 years old.
Working hard!
Morning jigsaws.
In other news one of my 7 year old students made me realise my chess skills are not really what I remembered them to be!
Doing jigsaws with Elise made me realise that being patient with students/kids who are learning is just emotionally taxing. Especially when it a your day job too.
Day 10 is sponsored by Ted Lasso and the song Risk It All by Ella Henderson.
Does anyone use Bitwarden?
I currently use Lastpass but undecided about paying or switching to something.
It’s 5:45am and I’m having a coffee and a little cry watching Ted Lasso.
Dealing with money stuff and other stuff I find stressful is difficult enough and more so when the only time I can do it is between 9 and 10pm at night when I really don’t want to.
Day 10
Beer and Splendor
Chilli cucumber!
Day 9 Yumo was looking over the back of the sofa, like a meerkat. Tigger and his blanket held tightly. Daddy? Yes Yumo? He makes a kissing noise with his mouth. Good morning Yumo
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