First world problems in a Covid world
I don’t get self congratulatory very often but today I stepped off the ledge and did something that I genuinely don’t like doing – public speaking. I guess that’s true of most people but whenever I have an audience of more than 1, I go from sensible, knowledgeable and in control to a weird British-Aussie…
Today is one of those days where I have a lot of work to do. Today is one of those days where I have very little energy to do said work Today is the type of day where I’m going to read each sentence about 57 times to make sure it makes sense. Today can,…
I’m tired and I’m sad. It’s been a trying few days. Generally I stay away from talking about things in the news. My voice adds nothing to the conversations and I do what I can day to day to fight the injustices of the world without trying to preach to others about what I try…
One of the best things about inconvenience is that it is a stellar opportunity to check in with my old friend, anxiety. Whilst I am, by nature, an anxious frog I find myself content with the level of stress I now experience when doing day to day tasks compared to days gone by. It’s an…
Every morning and every night I play a small game. I cut up the dog’s food and try to get it as close to 500g as possible on the scales without the need to add more. I’m getting pretty good at this and yesterday I finally managed to nail the 500g on the button for…
I had a Covid-19 test today. I got a mild sore throat last night and have had a small cough as well as aching muscles. For all the world it feels like a very minor cold but off to the local hospital I trekked on the advice of the Covid line and was duly jabbed…
It’s absolutely and perfectly acceptable to attend an office zoom call with a hood on if you’re cold and other people on the call can substantiate the temperature where they are. Working from home dumbs people down. Today I picked up two hot cups of tea, cupping them with my hands. Burning my hands in…
I get to go to the office today – which is a 40 minute drive on a country highway where I probably won’t see too many other cars and I’ll have the opportunity to pop a podcast on and enjoy a total of 1.5 hours of solitude. It feels weird in a lock down world….
Having cats is a wonderful thing. They’re friendly, funny, soft, warm and entertaining and they look great in front of a roaring fire. But at the end of my innings when I see the play back of my life and how I spent my time, I wonder how many frames are going to be devoted…
This has gone wildly viral by now and with good reason. There’s a gentleman in the States by the name of Rob who has stated a channel called “Dad, How Do I?”. The idea behind the channel is to provide practical demonstrations and advise for people who may have had absent parents or may not…