Emacs, sketches, and life
I'm turning 42 years old this month. I've been thinking about my annual review for a few days now. It's a good opportunity to take a step back. I often lose sight of the big picture in the day-to-day routines of life with a 9-year-old, but it's encouraging to see progress build up slowly. Parenting is still my primary activity, but I want to sketch out some things to think about over the next year…
2024-08-10-03 Life as a 40-year-old #annual #review Text from sketch Cargo bike: I love the way the Load 75 makes it easy to go to playdates and on family adventures. A+ rides in it for quick trips or when she's tired of pedaling. I can tow her bike with the Bakkie bag. Glad to bike more. Since playdates are now 15 minutes away instead of 60, it's much easier to bring hot chocolate or popsicles to…
2023-08-10-03 Life as a 39-year-old - summary #yearly #review Last year , I figured that life as a 39-year-old would be about adapting to grade 1 and A-'s developing capabilities, and hoped to continue spending time outside. We successfully navigated virtual grade 1, turning in the required homework every day. We mostly treated homework as practice in emotional regulation and figuring out how to…
2022-08-01d 37 to 38 #yearly #review.png 2022-08-01b Life as a 38-year-old #yearly #review.png This might be the earliest I've written an annual review in years. Now that A- is becoming more independent, I've been slowly reclaiming time for myself. We'll see how it goes! I feel like we grew so much this year. We've shifted to spending a lot more time outside, trying to slow down the progression of…
2021-08-09 37 to 38 #yearly #review.jpg Despite the chaos and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year was actually pretty good. We easily adapted to staying home with the occasional playdate or masked trip to the playground as A- became more interested in other kids. We chose virtual learning for A-'s junior kindergarten, which turned out to be just right for A- and me. I loved seeing what…
This year looked nothing like last year. COVID-19 had a huge impact, of course, and then there's life with A- (now 4.5 years old) and all her growing capabilities. With our day settling into reasonable routines, I'm slowly getting to work on personal projects again. Our babysitting experiments pre-COVID sometimes gave me 2-7 hours of focused time. What luxury! A-‘s pretty attached to me, though,…
On the surface, this year looked much like last year did: drop-in centres, playgrounds and field trips, trips to visit family, and a little bit of consulting and Emacs. It felt so different, though. Of course, A-‘s a whole lot different at 3.5 years instead of 2.5. But since this is my yearly update instead of hers, I’m going to think about how I’ve been growing and what changed. Last year, I…