This is going to be another post covering multiple weeks. I realized I did write Week Notes on my private journal on the week of March 17 but I never published them here! So, this is going to be a 2-in-1 post! Week Notes - Mar 07 to Mar 17 2025 🕑 Daylight saving time st … | Continue reading

So this will cover 3 weeks of notes! 🍵 I have been feeling (more) introverted this winter. I’ve been enjoying quiet activities, such as reading, walking, yoga, meditation, some private journaling. That means I haven’t shared too much online as well. It’s probably the win … | Continue reading

❄️ We got lots of snow this week. There were two snowstorms of 30-40 cm each. And it was a long weekend, so it was nice to just cozy up inside and read a book. We thought about going for a hike at the trail, but it was snowing most of the time and when the snow stopped it was awf … | Continue reading

Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel #1) by T. Kingfisher, 398p: This was a great read for me! I loved how it played with Fantasy/Dungeon & Dragons elements. An order of Paladins struggles after their God (The Saint of Steel) dies mysteriously. Most of them go berserk and only a f … | Continue reading

⛸️ Today all the 7.8 kilometres of the Rideau Canal Skateway opened! The weather was not too cold (1C) and the ice condition was rated “Very Good” which is not something I’ve seen often. It’s been 2 years since I’ve been there. Last year it only opened for 10 days, and I didn’t g … | Continue reading

Every year I look back at my reading list and think about my reader goals. The first thing I do is set up my Reading Challenge on The Storygraph: 📚 Reading Challenge 2025: Read 58 books & 21,000 pages. I then look at my TBR (to-read pile) and note the series and books … | Continue reading

I love using The Storygraph to track my reading! I find it easy to log how much I’ve read every day and get awesome graphs and stats about my reading life each month. And at the end of the year, we get a cool yearly wrap-up. Here is my 2024 Wrap-up Summary: Note: I think there … | Continue reading

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson, 1124p: This book starts a little slow with lots of world building being the first book of a series. Kaladin and Shallan are my favorite characters, their story builds and builds, and I really connected with them. … | Continue reading

✈️ I'm getting ready for the trip to Brazil! I've got my travel checklist ready and started packing. I always travel with a carry-on and a backpack, and I just need to add some toiletries and I'm ready to go! 📖 Because of the upcoming trip I've not been doing too much re … | Continue reading

🏢 The office at work will undergo some needed renovations. There will be a temporary arrangement of some people working (partially) from home, some people grouped together in offices and some people on temporary cubicles. I currently have an office all to myself and I wil … | Continue reading

💻My work laptop was super slow and crashing a lot, especially after the company installed a zero-trust service called Zscaler on all computers. After complaining with IT, they said I was due for a laptop update anyway, because my current one was 3 years old. They issued m … | Continue reading

💼 The past 2 weeks have been super busy at work for me. During the process of closing a big job, I’ve had 2 presentations to deliver! It’s not something I usually do, but coincidentally, I was invited to present about estimating to the company’s project managers the first … | Continue reading

✅ After experimenting with Microsoft To Do this week I switched back to Nirvana. I’ve reached the same conclusions I’ve had before. I like Nirvana. It works well with my system. I've been using it for the longest time. It works for me. ⛸️ I could do a few clockwise cross overs on … | Continue reading

✅ I’ve switched my task list management to Microsoft To Do and it’s been working well so far. It’s less overhead overall. I’m working on a blog post to describe the setup, which actually is not too different from previous setups I’ve tried before. ⚖️ I got a new digital bathroom … | Continue reading

✍️ I’ve been thinking about writing a blog post this week, but it didn’t happen. Not just “week notes,” but a blog post focused on a topic. That got me thinking about my writing process—or if I even have one. I keep a list of blog post ideas in Standard Notes, but I haven’t check … | Continue reading

Bride by Ali Hazelwood, 399p: I'm a fan of Ali Hazelwood and this is her first paranormal romance book. It starts with an arranged marriage between an alpha werewolf (Lowe) and an exiled vampire (Misery). The "mate" trope was a bit confusing, it didn't make too much sense to me. … | Continue reading

I have a spreadsheet where I log all the books I've read. I call it my "My ALL-Time Reading Log". It has books from as early as 1992, which I logged based on the physical books I've read at the time. These early entries don't have too much info other than book title, author, num … | Continue reading

It’s so good to be pain free! I’ve had a couple of weeks with pain on my left hip that was impacting my running, my walking, my yoga. I did a few hot baths to relax my muscles, some stretching and rest from running and yoga. I kept some walks at the end of day because it’s alway … | Continue reading

I skipped a week to write here because of the long weekend of Sep 02nd (aka Labour Day here in Canada). 🌲 So, it was a lovely long weekend, and we had friends over. We went to Gatineau Park to visit the Mackenzie King Estate. We walked the trail to the waterfall and enjo … | Continue reading

I’m reading the book “Team: Getting Things Done with Others” by David Allen and Edward Lamont. I’m on chapter 12 and it discusses how teams should say “No” more often and understand the real team’s capacity. I’ve had years in the company I work for when there were always “more” t … | Continue reading

🎽Something happened that my left hip started hurting to the point where I couldn't run and even walking was painful. I took some days to rest from running/walking and did lots of slow stretching to recover. Also, soaking in a hot bath helped relax my tense muscles. I went … | Continue reading

Every day I carve out time to read on my Kobo. It can be during breakfast in the morning, 15-20 minutes during my lunch break, 10 minutes in a medical office waiting for an appointment. But most of my reading I do at night, after work, that's when I can have 30 minutes to 1 hour … | Continue reading

I’ve been registering all my meals and symptoms in a small notebook (10 cm x 14 cm) since Friday. Yes, in a paper notebook, small enough for me to carry around with my Kobo. I leave the pen attached to the notebook’s spiral so it’s easy for me to take notes of symptoms any time o … | Continue reading

The "Now" page is an idea from Derek Sivers that started a movement around 2015. I thought it was cool, but in reality, I was never good at keeping it up to date. I mean, sometimes I'd rather just write a post about what is going on in my life. Also, the "now" aspect of it remind … | Continue reading