Also, today marked 100 days of haikus*
I walked home today
And drew a heart in the dust
Love is everywhere!
*I missed a day but did two the next day and carried on.
Also, today marked 100 days of haikus*
I walked home today
And drew a heart in the dust
Love is everywhere!
*I missed a day but did two the next day and carried on.
Aims for the weekend
While it’s hard to be away from your children, it’s also hard to be with your children. At least, for some of us, compared to our work. Because we’re good at what we do. What we do doesn’t talk back. We are rewarded financially, or with recognition, for our successes at work—often right away—whereas the time and energy invested in our children can be thankless. It is an exercise in delayed gratification that sometimes requires decades of patience. That’s difficult to admit, but it’s true.
Source: Daily Dad
A Tree a Minute: planting 1440 trees in a day As there are 1440 minutes in a day, and I love planting trees, I decided to plant a tree a minute for 24 hours. It was (swear meaningfully) hard.
A new Beau Miles video. Always love his stuff.
Considering asking Father Christmas for a vibrating watch that doesn’t need charging everyday. Currently use my Apple Watch but I basically only use it for a silent alarm and the time.
Portrait by Yumo (3 years old)
Day 82 - 92
Volume 2 if my Zine, “Better out than in”
I know I’ve seen talk of Townscaper on here but just found the web demo via Kottke.
It’s lovey isn’t it.
1SecondEveryday. 50 burpees a day for 5 days of the week. Not sure why.
I’m still doing my one haiku a day. Even if I’m not posting them here, I do post them on WeChat for reasons I’m not clear of.
Anyway, my wife said that they are all so negative. I mean, she’s not wrong. It’s that that I want to write about and that’s always at the forefront of my mind. Kids, work, me, my (lack of) time to myself.
I managed a positive one yesterday but today came back around.
Stress bookended days Worst way to stay and finish Normal service resumes!
In other news, I’m doing 50 slow burpees before bed because doing a burpee challenge seemed like a good idea a week ago. Still in my work trousers.
Does that make sense? Breaking bad habits – elements of learning
I like the idea of trying this. What are my teaching bad habits?
How Adam Would Book… Keith Lee - YouTube
The first 2 minutes are awesome.
The last 19 minutes make me sad.
Would totally love this booking.
One page closer to a new notebook!
It feels 50-50 whether I put my label less plain T-shirts on the right way around.
Singing our song. Everytime by Britney.
At this point I’ve forgotten why it’s this song.
Elise skied for the first time today and really took to it!
You’re just trying to get them to behave. You’re just trying to get them to listen to you, to stop hitting their sister, to take school seriously, to whatever. So you speak firmly, even harshly. You’re tired, you’ve had this conversation a thousand times, you’re not as kind as you could be. You’re just joking maybe, just giving your honest opinion about this or that.
But you know what you’re doing, really?
You’re putting a voice in their head. That’s how this happens.
Everything we say, every interaction we have with our kids is shaping them. How we speak to them informs how they will speak to themselves.
Via Daily Dad
In other news, I’ve been trying to do no screens between 9pm and 7am.
It’s strange in that it feels good for me. At 9, I normally go to bed, read a bit and then pass out pretty quickly.
Except, work and family are pretty full on at the moment and I’m craving mindless scrolling.
This is cool
