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Busy with work and family
I have not posted any entries here for well over a month. It's because I find myself short of time for doing personal things on the computer. I have not even addressed the various minor computer issues that I mentioned previously.
One reason for my being short of time is that I have been putting plenty of hours in with my day job. As well as learning my way around, I am now leading the delivery of an overdue project, mixing both people and project management with coding. This suits me well, it's what I am good at and what is needed, and I am paid decently for my efforts and experience, but it leaves me with little spare time on weekdays.
Another reason is that we now have a puppy, mostly a brindle Shih Tzu but clearly a bit of something else too, his snout is a little longer which may help his respiration. He is very much R.'s but we all help out and I love to be with R. so I will tend to come along on walks and suchlike when I can. He gets on reasonably with our two kittens, now they are used to each other. I was interested to find that, even on his short legs, he can outrun me. For running, rather than alternating paws for his steps, he switches to bounding with bilateral symmetry in how he moves. This weekend, he's learned to enjoy snow.
These changes raise some questions. With working, happily being with R., helping with pressing chores, winding down at the end of the evenings, I don't have much time left for lower-priority pursuits like personal computing, social media, playing music, etc. I should figure out what is important enough and how to fit it in, and deal with that the list cannot be as long as I might like.
One reason for my being short of time is that I have been putting plenty of hours in with my day job. As well as learning my way around, I am now leading the delivery of an overdue project, mixing both people and project management with coding. This suits me well, it's what I am good at and what is needed, and I am paid decently for my efforts and experience, but it leaves me with little spare time on weekdays.
Another reason is that we now have a puppy, mostly a brindle Shih Tzu but clearly a bit of something else too, his snout is a little longer which may help his respiration. He is very much R.'s but we all help out and I love to be with R. so I will tend to come along on walks and suchlike when I can. He gets on reasonably with our two kittens, now they are used to each other. I was interested to find that, even on his short legs, he can outrun me. For running, rather than alternating paws for his steps, he switches to bounding with bilateral symmetry in how he moves. This weekend, he's learned to enjoy snow.
These changes raise some questions. With working, happily being with R., helping with pressing chores, winding down at the end of the evenings, I don't have much time left for lower-priority pursuits like personal computing, social media, playing music, etc. I should figure out what is important enough and how to fit it in, and deal with that the list cannot be as long as I might like.
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When I'm working on a book, I have far less time for social media. So I completely understand your position.