Seth’s Blog, Seth Godin: Three types of kindness
Seth’s Blog, Seth Godin: Three types of kindness
We talk about Willy the Champ by Anthony Browne.
No idea what to make of the first 2 episodes of Wandavision honestly, but I know we’ll keep watching.
“I’ll follow you into the dark” cover by Frank Watkinson. I’ve been listening to the original recently but liked this one. Also, his house is so British and it makes me miss the place a bit.
Daddy’s Breakfast Diner is open. I’ll cook whatever you want as long as I have the ingredients. Midnight Diner on Netflix
The kids enjoyed the lychee and orange Oreos that have been released for Chinese New Year but I wasn’t a fan, just a strange taste.
“She’s a grown-up, isn’t she? Grown-ups and monsters aren’t scared of things?”
“Oh, monsters are scared,” said Lettie. “That’s why they’re monsters. And as for grown-ups…” She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a finger. Then, “I’m going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don’t look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside they’re big and thoughtless and they always know what they’re doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. The truth is, there aren’t any grown-ups. Not on, in the whole wide word.”
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I thought about adults. I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped in adult bodies, like children’s books hidden in the middle of dull, long adult book, the kind with no pictures or conversations.
Not sure why this passage struck me but it did and has me thinking about grown-ups and how we grow up and we’re the same but different.
Update: I’ve allowed Elise to dress herself. Mum is not going to love her choices.
What’s the quickest way to check when I bought my iPhone?
Youngest was being himself last night* so have been up since 4:30.
Fast forward to 7 and the kids are up and since Mummy is asleep we’re doing chocolate cereal with chocolate milk and now we’re going on a plane.
*Karma eh?!
Very proud of ourselves.
Not exactly the back of a lorry but close…
Operation Xmas Abs* has started again for another year.
*All very tongue in cheek but have started exercising again for mental and physical health.
I’m much calmer, things are bothering me less, I not getting hung up on things recently. Both at work and at home.
I know it’s that I’m meditating daily but I can’t quite believe it is since I only do very little, sometimes only 1 minute.
You Should Go to Bed Super Early - I’ve been trying to do this, it’s so easy to get distracted though…
Stressful week at work and then the kids not going to sleep easily last night and then not getting enough sleep followed by a day out at soft play and I am done.
Looking forward to going back to work on Monday for a rest.
In today’s ‘things that feel strange’ now… We had parents come in to school to talk about how their child is getting on.
“Amor Fati is a mindset that you take on for making the best out of anything that happens. Treating each and every moment – no matter how challenging – as something to be embraced, not avoided. To not only be okay with it, but love it and be better for it. So that like oxygen to a fire, obstacles and adversity become fuel for your potential.”
This is my monthly (?) thought that I wish I didn’t need an Instagram account to view “public” posts on it. I get that it’s so I sign up and help small businesses but I just don’t wanna.
When going out and eating feels extravagant.
Yes that’s a pasty, but because it’s China it has sweet potatoe noodles in!
In parenting news
Yumo talks about some of the things he sees in a book. His Chinese is currently stronger than his English.
In other news, I’ve turned off notifications for Wechat and Whatsapp which normally leads me to checking my phone more just in case. Now though, I think I’m starting to turn a corner and feel like I’m overcoming the need to read messages the instant they appear.
We’ve all been ill the last 4/5 days (NOT COVID) but it’s meant I didn’t go back to work today and that I don’t feel ready to go back tomorrow. It just isn’t great honestly. I’ve not had the time to prepare and it’s just, frustrating.
Two of my favourite writed have made lists either today or yesterday. Austin Kleon has done 100 things that made my year that I’m slowly going through and picking at and Jason Kottke’s 21 things that kept me going in 2020 which I’m using for suggestions.