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Year of the Dog: Notes from ‘Spring Equinox’ (Chunfen)
I turned 45 last week. Forty-Effing-Five. It was a slightly strange one to be honest. I’m not great with birthdays — for someone a little too prone to self reflection and melancholy they can be a bit of a trigger — but really this year should have been different. Physically I doubt I have been this good since my…
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Year of the Dog: Notes from ‘Insects Awaken’ (Jingzhe)
Yesterday was the end of the micro-season ‘Insects Awaken’ which pretty much started on the 5th so this is a two weeknote 🙂 It has been an interesting couple of weeks one way or another but still not particularly challenging work wise on a day to day basis. I know I should take advantage of the…
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Year of the Dog: Notes from the ‘Beginning of Spring’ (Li Chun)
I’ve decided to return to the #weeknotes fold — sort of. My plan is to write irregular notes throughout the Chinese Year of the Dog that try to coincide with the 24 Solar Terms — so it works out every couple of weeks-ish. We’ll see how this shakes out in practice I suspect. I like that I am starting…
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OutofOffice: Evolution not revolution.
Vol 6 | Issue 1 I’m a bit burned out with the #weeknotes format that I at least partially helped popularise in certain corners so am trying something a little bit different for 2018. Still weekly (hopefully) but less about my day to day and more about what is inspiring, influencing or irritating me on a…
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[S05 E14] “Say Something”
For one last time I need y’all to roar These will be my final #weeknotes in this style/format for the foreseeable future. I was going to try and at least get a couple more weeks worth out but the reality is they have been a grind for a while, I’m not getting the benefit from them…