diabetes Diabetes notes, number 2 Previously I left off at the pause in my diagnosis journey of waiting for a call to talk about my test results. At the end of the appointment the nurse was clear: * We’ll send these samples off * The results will be back by Friday * I will call you on
weeknotes Weeknote for week ending Friday 6 March 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} At the weekend I went to Middlesbrough for the son’s basketball game. This meant I couldn’t help with Bradford Coder Dojo, but priorities. The riverside area near Middlesbrough College is super interesting — and they’ve a dock tower. (Always the sign of the
Diabetes notes, number 1 Hello. My name is Simon and I am 44 years old. Two and a half years ago, late in the summer of 2017, I was getting headaches. I was working hard and was feeling tired so initially I put the headaches down to just being busy with work, maybe even
Criticism. A Simple Guide. If you are giving criticism: * Ask yourself: Is this helpful or not? (It is not, why give it?) If you are receiving criticism: * Ask yourself: Is this helpful or not? * If it is helpful, ask yourself: How does it make my work better? * Ask yourself: What can I do to
Run note for February 2020 What did I set out to do in February? * I am looking to run 2000km in 2020. That means running an average of 170km each month. So, run 170km in the month. * Avoid running in the gym as much as possible. * Do some sprint work. * Run a half marathon distance
weeknotes Weeknote for week ending Friday 28 February 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} Bit of a crazy week that. Let me see if I can unpack it a little. A good weekend of running, a slow 7km session with the dog on Saturday followed by a nice 21km-er on Sunday. Loved a very fresh run along the
Weeknote for week ending Friday 21 February 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} Half term so the kids were away, while I kept working. I need to stop doing that. There is probably a direct correlation between the kids’ absence and having a bit more evening time than usual, so a trip to the cinema (Bad Boys For
Maps Maps. They help us make sense, of where we are, where we are going, and — maybe not enough — where we have been. We use the things most days. How often do you open up a map app on your mobile phone to help you? Where is somewhere? Maybe furthermore: What
Weeknote for week ending Friday 14 February 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} Watched The Good Place, well finished The Good Place. It was good it ended and it was good it ended well. It told its story. Is knowing when is enough that tricky a skill, especially — especially — in television? That there’s only going to be
Weeknote for week ending Friday 7 February 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} I’ve felt groggy most of this week, pretty bad chest infection, and only really started to feel with it on Thursday. Noticing the change from feeling foggy minded to being clear minded was obvious though. On Thursday I felt like everything joined up in
Running in 2019, the outtakes I published my review of my running in 2019 early last month. Here’s some points I cut out. They were either written chunks or in the original pile of Post Its of topics. I felt adding them in added a bit too much, well, muchness to the original piece.
Work note for January 2020 In the last couple of months of last year I started to have a big think about Where I Was Going With Work Stuff. I’ve been “working alone”, freelancing, for about four-and-a-half years now. That wasn’t really the plan. When I left Home in March
Run note for January 2020 What did I set out to do in January? * I am looking to run 2000km in 2020. That means running an average of 170km each month. As January was the first month I tried to hit that 170km mark. * No run to be shorter than 5km. * Avoid running in the
Weeknote for week ending Friday 31 January 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} I inaugurated my daughter into the world of wearables. She’s got an elevated heart rate which reaches over 200bpm when she’s doing a bit of minor exercise, which the doctors reckon is fine. I’m a bit more there’s possibly something to
Weeknote for week ending Friday 24 January 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} * Started last weekend helping with Coder Dojo in Bradford. Ending up doing one of those great one on one lessons, sitting with a young person who was just so self-interested, keen to get on, willing to try stuff, and made progress. A joy! Fair
Weeknote for week ending Friday 17 January 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} * A rarity: Caught some live top flight football, and in the pub. Jamie Carragher interviewing is… just the same thing as everyone is a designer innit. We could all do it, just a question of how well. * I saw out last weekend climbing, which I’
Weeknote for week ending Friday 10 January 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} * Ah. That Darkness Christmas song has gone away, finally. * On Saturday’s run I was passed by the Brownlee brothers, who I didn’t really recognise at first. It wasn’t the first time they’d passed me over the past few months; I’ve
Weeknote for week ending Friday 3 January 2020 {% include weeknotes_2020_intro.html %} * I’ll publish these on a Friday every week. I’ll try not to make them too worky. There’s more to life than work, work doesn’t define me, work it girlf— Stop, Si. * There didn’t seem to be too much rain this
Running in 2019 A year back I did a little planning for the new year. I am not a new year resolutions kinda person so they were less resolutions, more keep up some good habits. Overall I did pretty alright over the year. One of the things for 2019 I noted was to
Run notes for November 2019, week 5 Monday 25 November to Sunday 1 December Total kilometres ran in 2019 before the start of the week: 1347 kilometres Month by month distance recorded in my little tracking spreadsheet. Feel free to follow me on Strava, where all my activities are shared. The week in summary One of those
Run notes for November 2019, week 4 Monday 19 November to Sunday 24 November Total kilometres ran in 2019 before the start of the week: 1330 kilometres Month by month distance recorded in my little tracking spreadsheet. Feel free to follow me on Strava, where all my activities are shared. The week in summary Just two runs.
Run notes for November 2019, week 3 Monday 11 November to Sunday 18 November Total kilometres ran in 2019 before the start of the week: 1292 kilometres Distance recorded in my little tracking spreadsheet. Feel free to follow me on Strava, where all my activities are shared. The week in summary Following the leg pain from the
Run notes for November 2019, week 2 Monday 4 November to Sunday 10 November Total kilometres ran in 2019 before the start of the week: 1268.4 kilometres Distance recorded in my little tracking spreadsheet. Feel free to follow me on Strava, where all my activities are shared. Monday A day resting from running. Spend most of
Run notes for November 2019, week 1 Friday 1 November to Sunday 3 November Total kilometres ran in 2019 before the start of the week: 1250.6 kilometres Distance recorded in my little tracking spreadsheet. Feel free to follow me on Strava, where all my activities are shared. Friday 1 November On Friday I wrote my run
Run notes for October 2019 Where I was coming into September Running target for 2019: 1092 kilometres Total distance ran coming into September: 1149 kilometres (57 kilometres over my target for the year) Recorded in my little tracking spreadsheet. Feel free to follow me on Strava, where all my activities are shared. How September 2019