Now, January 2026
It's been longer than I expected since I wrote an update.
Inputs
Lots of mystery books and a little sci-fi.
"There is no antimemetics division" by qntm was fascinating
"The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder" by C.L. Miller didn't
Topic
Now
Now posts
Now, March 2025
Hello blog, it's been a while! This is a Now post, a summary of current stuff in my life.
Inputs
Seneca, “Letters from a Stoic”
Obery M. Hendricks Jr , "Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith"
Helen Czerski, "Storm
Now, May 2024
Inputs
Charles Duhigg, "Supercommunicators"
Shane Parrish, "Clear Thinking”
Maryville University classes in:
• Data Visualization
• Experimental design
W.i.S.H. is a new India pop girl band who have released two singles, Lazeez (Delicious) and Galti (Mistake), I love both of them! The lyrics blend Hindi and
Now, end of 2023 edition
Inputs
Reading John Scalzi’s “Old Man’s War” series, on the third book now and enjoying the world he’s created. Book 2 made me care for a character far more than I expected to from the first few chapters, book 3 is shaping up to be interesting too.
Now, 8th August 2023
Inputs
Reading some of the backlogged books in progress, standouts are:
* "The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness," by Zindel V. Segal, John Teasdale, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mark Williams,
* "Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work," by Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Now, 12 May 2023
Inputs
Devoured the first Monk and Robot book from Becky Chambers, "A Psalm for the Wild-Built," and I plan to get hold of the sequel, "A Prayer for the Crown-Shy." It's a delightful read, hopeful and captivating.
Taking a slower trip through Sharon Blue&
Now, 16th January 2023
Thinking about
What are my career goals?
What do I want to achieve in the remainder of my work life?
What do I want to achieve outside of work?
Do I have to be in "go, Go, GO!" must-achieve mode?
What does rest and recreation look like?
Grateful
Now, 23 December 2022
This is a Now post, something I do periodically as a snapshot.
Thinking about
The YearCompass, which I saw linked on a Mastodon post and downloaded. It is a guided retrospective and plan ahead in PDF format with fields you can type in. It is a LOT of work to
Dusting off the old blog
A Now page is a dated update about what I'm currently focused on. And it has been over two years since I wrote one. It feels like a good time to bring the blog out of mothballs and poke at it. Today is Tuesday 8th November, 2022.
Thinking
Now, 24th May 2020
A Now page is a dated update about what I'm currently focused on.
Thinking about
I am one of the lucky ones. My employer mandated everyone who can work remotely should do so, as of March 16th. I've done ten weeks working from the table in