WHAT AM I DOING RIGHT NOW?

Updated on: September 2023

Working On: Expanding our team here at HR Partner ! We’ve had the most team growth in the past 3 months, and this month we add a new marketing specialist who will help us grow the business even more.

Reading: I’ve been trying to broaden by reading list, outside of business books, and recently finished “The Elephant Vanishes” by Haruki Murakami, and I also bought a book of essays by Isaac Asimov during a recent visit to a second hand book store, with intent to revisit one of my childhood favourite authors.

Exercising: Been doing some short 15 minute yoga style stretches to Julia Reppel on Youtube, but feeling very unfit and needing to improve a lot.

Writing: I recently rediscovered a fiction book that I started writing on Draft In (I got reminded when Draft In closed at the end of last year) and want to continue working on that.

I also had started planning a business book last year, but haven’t touched that in a few weeks so will look at getting that off the ground sometime this year.

Watching: I’ve just started watching “Avenue 5” which is a bit of a quirky laugh. Looking forward to the new seasons of “The Mandalorian” and “Ted Lasso” as well. We’ve also been enjoying watching “Young Sheldon” as a family.

Playing: My chess playing has stagnated a bit of late, but I am hovering around the 1400-1500 ELO rating mark. Still only playing bots and robotic players and not real ones, but I will have to move onto those soon.

Recording: I’ve been fairly quiet on the recording front, but I did recently explore making some Lo-Fi style recordings as I sometimes listen to that genre while working and find that I quite like the simplicity and repeatability of it.

Buying: I am really off the ‘buy new stuff’ wagon at the moment. Since the extravagant purchase of a new couch mid last year, I have been focused on just improving small things around the house (especially the kitchen). Maybe a new record player is in my near future, but I am not too fussed about it.

Travel: With our younger son recently moving to Adelaide, we plan to do a few trips down there (to my old stomping grounds) during the next couple of years. Also seeing if we can squeeze in a New Zealand or Tasmanian trip in early 2024.