Been listening to this a lot lately.
Though, still no closer to getting around to working out how to ask Siri for it.
Been listening to this a lot lately.
Though, still no closer to getting around to working out how to ask Siri for it.
All I could think of in the final episode of Wandavision was when Po fights Kai in the spirit realm in Kung Fu Panda 3 and he gives him all the chi and Kai can’t deal with it.
My take away is that, as a parent, most of my references at the moment are kids films.
Played Splendor (Marvel version) for the first time at lunchtime and then a unicorn sparkle game when I got home.
Though had to spend 15minutes looking for one of the die for the unicorn game before we could play. We’ve had the game two days…
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The worst app for distracting me on my phone is the web browser.
4 episdoes of For All Of Mankind in a weekend is basically as close to binging as I’ll get.
Also, if I had to sum it up in one word it would be: smoking. So much smoking.
Started taking photos with Lyra’s old Sony camera. It’s kind of fun actually. I like it. Though, I have to use her old Macbook Air to take photos off the memory card as I’ve no way to do it on my Macbook Pro.
Just finished Here We Are (Notes For Living On Planet Earth) on Apple TV+, a kid’s program based on Oliver Jeffer’s book of the same name.
Really fun! Elise noticed that it was based off the book straight away, they use the same stylings and include everything in the book.
Enjoyed the 1st episode of For All Mankind. Especially as our Year 1 (kindergarten) class has been learning about space.
Gamers. Is a Switch still worth buying? 🎮 🕹
Am aware of our good fortune of being able to meet friends for dinner last night and Elise being able to have a birthday party today.
Feeling very up and down this week between work and kids and everything feeling a bit too much at times.
Slept better. Felt better. Had a morning cuddle.
Me: Do you want some more avocado? Elise: (sad voice)I just really want unicorns to be real.
🥑 🦄
Some time to not rush.
“The idea of “boundaries” has become so porous when it comes to cultivating work/life balance that it’s lost all meaning. People don’t respect boundaries. You don’t respect them. Even when the pandemic is over, it’s going to be very, very difficult to try to rebuild them. What we actually need are guardrails, big and sturdy ones, to protect us from the runaway semi-truck of work.
In our current framework, boundaries are the individual’s responsibility, and when they’re broken, it’s because the individual failed to protect them. But guardrails? They’re there to protect everyone, and they’re maintained by the state, aka your company. There are a lot of ways to actually build guardrails around employee’s lives,”
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/imagine-your-flexible-office-work
It started with Lyra, we’d say “I love you more than (thing that I really love - coffee and bacon for me, spicy food for her.”
Only Elise it has somehow changed to.
Elise: “I love you more than coffee for you.” Me: “I love you more than unicorns for you.”
If this isn’t nice.
Lyra’s birthday so she’s organised a big party for her and the girls. She’s going all out and is very excited. Me and the kids are going to watch tv and eat snacks until she gets back tomorrow.
It’s not a workout if you don’t take a selfie or track if…
Heavy deadlifts yesterday and 4K down the hill and back up this morning.
Started to think running isn’t so bad…
This article makes me miss the UK something rotten. 12 of Britain’s best new campsites and glampsites - Camping holidays - The Guardian
Yumo tends to speak to me mostly in Chinese, even if he mostly understands what I say in English. Sometimes though he’ll use Chinese and English in a sentence.
E.g. when reading he said - me jia you, which means ‘me house has that’ so starts English and switches to Chinese
Cold shower challenge.
Day 1: Ridiculous. 10 seconds. Onwards!
It started with my sister saying she was doing a challenge of going in the ocean every day and she got mum involved but they live in places you can do that, whereas I don’t. Then I read Leo Babuta’s post on ‘What I Learned About Facing Fear from Cold Swimming;’ which he is doing as part of his ‘discomfort challenges’.
So, as I was meditating a couple of days ago I put 2 and 2 together and got 4 but maybe 5 and decided cold showers should be a thing this week.
My bedtime routine involves meditation, some water, the Apple Music bedtime beats playlist, some reading and losing my patience with the kids because they won’t sleep.
Big takeaway was Elise was braver than we thought she’d be. Yumo had to deal with not being big enough for some of the rides.