- Preparing to return to work from parental leave
- Building a place to read Chinese
- Reading: Manufacturing consent - the political economy of the mass media by Noam Chomsky
- Slowly learning to read Chinese
- Preparing to travel to Beijing
- Looking forward to our first family skiing trip
Worries
- The role of private equity in education
- The divisive rhetoric of the UK government
- The global trend towards regional isolation
Excitement
- The joy of letter writing (Slowly)
- Discovering analogue photography (1 set of negatives to scan, 1 roll of film to develop)
- Deliberate music listening
Want to Learn
- Photo editing - I recently installed light room again
- Piano - progress has slowed with the introduction of position free playing
- Swift/SwiftUI - I have a couple of app idea I’d like to implement
Looking after a toddler (and a 5 yr old) is hard work, and it’s common to hear that you have no time for anything. I’m fortunate in that I’m finding I do have time, it’s just unpredictable and comes in very short stints. I might be able to grab 5 minutes here and there, half an hour at most. The only way I can work on anything else is to know exactly what I’m going to do next on any given project.