💭 Quick Thoughts
That was a nice Kraken victory! 8-2 over the Habs to start the road trip. 🏒
Starting the day with a deep dive into product performance and roadmap planning 📈, then wrapping it up by submitting an updated app build to the App/Play stores for review 📱. Between those two? A packed lineup of meetings. Busy day ahead, let’s go!
Holding onto hope that this week is the turning point after six weeks of illness. 😷 It’s been all about survival mode, and I’m ready to get back to really living.
Well, it’s going to be an interesting day given how poorly I slept.
I have an appointment tomorrow that I hope will be a positive step toward finally starting to feel well. I’ve been sick for a month. During that time I’ve really only left the house twice; once for a dinner party and once to have coffee with a friend. I can’t do this much longer. I need some relief.
I’m heading into my fourth weekend in a row of being sick. Beyond just the physical implications, it’s getting to the point where it’s starting to negatively impact my mental and emotional health. I’m growing weary and frustrated with not being able to do what I’d like to be doing.
Thanks for the reminder to wrap up my work day.
Today is the first day in about a month where I feel like I might be turning a corner with my health. I’m really desperate to feel better and actually have some energy. 🙏
The moment you go down the path of gratitude grievances, you’ll see ungrateful ghosts everywhere.
Not a great day today. I’ve been in bed all day feeling terribly sick. Unfortunately I got “glutened” while out for dinner last night which is not a good thing for someone with Celiac Disease like myself.
Over the past week, I’ve heard of several companies that have decided to eliminate the Scrum Master role, and one also cut the Product Owner role. They reassigned all SM and PO responsibilities to their Product Development Managers. Is this becoming a common trend in SAFe/Agile organizations?
🍿 I’ve never been one for horror movies, but I’m feeling the pull to venture into the unknown this month 👻🎃🐈⬛. If anyone has some recommendations on where I should take my first step into the haunted house of horror, I’m open to your suggestions!
Our neighborhood schools have been on high alert and forced to endure indoor recess this week due to sightings of bears and coyotes roaming the neighborhood. They’ve always lived in this area, but recent (and ongoing) construction is forcing them out of their habitat and into the community. ☹️
I have not felt well for weeks. I’ve had a couple weekends stolen from me where all I could do was lay in bed but other than that, it hasn’t been too extreme. But, I just can’t seem to get on top of it and have struggled with a persistent malaise. Hard to focus on anything when you don’t feel well.😩
I’m all caught up on my other shows so I’m finally starting to watch Shōgun. 📺
A friend is having ankle surgery tomorrow, and besides texting, I mailed him a handwritten note. I hope this analog greeting in his mailbox post-surgery lifts his spirits. Does anyone else prefer receiving snail mail over (or, in addition to) digital greetings for things like this?
“For the first time, OpenAI’s public structure and leadership are simply honest reflections of what the company has been—in effect, the will of a single person. ‘Just: Sam.'”
OpenAI Takes Its Mask Off - The Atlantic
I read this Dear James: I Hate My Post-college Life article in The Atlantic today, which ties into a chapter from David Brooks' The Second Mountain I read last night. Both highlight the challenges young people face—particularly around navigating their newfound “freedom”.
Over the past weekend, a strange confluence of circumstances created the context in which I introduced my daughter to this song. Nothing like a nostalgic trip to the 80s. I thought it would elicit eye rolls, but I actually caught her sharing it with her boyfriend yesterday.
I’ve been going since 4:00 a.m. this morning and I’m hitting an afternoon wall. 🥱 I’m hoping a coffee and perhaps a brisk walk will allow me to rally and have a strong finish to my day.