Life
I think I maybe expect too much from other people. Hard not to when you both signed up to and agreed upon the same narrative. Frustrating.
I am very unsure about a whole raft of things going on in the world at the moment, not just the whole world, but also my own world. Challenges all around, some people are rising to the battle, others just tossing the towel in.
Where to next, who knows…
Hello Monday, what have you got in store for me?
Interesting couple of days at the Sports Club. The President resigned, the Board accepted it, I was nominated as the new President, I accepted. So yeh, I’m the President of Alder Park Sports Club now. 🤯
⚽️ My football year pretty much starts today, we’ve got a preseason meeting with the parents and players tonight online, all the teams are back training this week, so I probably need to start giving it some attention. Feels like it gets earlier and earlier each year.
🗑️ Today I am deleting my Facebook account that I haven’t used in a couple of years, I’ve only accessed Messenger and Instagram in that time.
I will open a new, very minimal, account so I can continue on in my roles for the football club. It won’t have any personal info on it.
Just spent a couple of hours taking stock of the subscriptions we have for streaming services, web services, and a bunch of apps, then roughly worked out the value / use we get out of them…and then promptly killed off 8 subs, saving $800+ a year. What the actual! 🤯
🏋️♂️ First session of the year with the Exercise Physiologist went well, set new targets for the year with an eye on improving my golf game, particularly core strength and recovery aspects. Felt good and strong during the workout, off to a solid start!
Have been fairly busy today, just ticking off chores around the house and yard, trying to keep the momentum going.
I’m going to add a Projects page to my website to keep track of all the projects I work on around home. Nice to have something to reflect back on when my brain goes off to that funny place where I feel like I’ve not contributed enough or not completed enough things.
I’m hoping that when the calendar ticks over to January 1st that my health, energy, and emotion bars all refill automatically…that’s how the game of life works now, right?
Upside down Zelda. Must be a tough life. 😜
⚽️ Don’t mind waking up and seeing that Manchester United, Manchester City, and Tottenham, all lost their games in the English Premier League overnight. Better if Chelsea and Liverpool were also on that list, but beggars can’t be choosers.
I’ve hit peak burnout, and peak frustration, so I’m tapping out on the rest of the year. So much of my time is chewed up volunteering, it used to be rewarding, but now I’m the default person that everyone goes to it’s become a 7 days a week thing, that’s not fair or remotely equitable.
It’s Fishing & Crabbing We Go, Sea Shanty
When your wife challenges you to write a sea shanty after seeing your shared calendar notification, you take that challenge…and then maybe you cheat a little a use ChatGPT because after all, you’re not a song writer 😜
🎣 🦀
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s fishing and crabbing we go, With nets in hand, we’ll scour the sand, Hi ho, hi ho!
Hi ho, hi ho, the tides they ebb and flow, We’ll cast our lines and haul the brines, For fishing and crabbing we go!
The salty breeze, it fills the seas, Our traps and bait below, We’ll fill the hold with tales untold, From fishing and crabbing we go!
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s fishing and crabbing we go, The ocean’s call, we’ll heed it all, Hi ho, hi ho!
🎣 🦀
The Week Ahead
Looks to be pretty busy, but shouldn’t be too stressful if things go to plan. 🤞
Monday - finish clearing the garage and make a couple of tip runs
Tuesday - setup golf sim in the garage, football meeting at 5pm, sports club board meeting at 6pm
Wednesday - take the boat out on Lake Macquarie, try to catch some fish and crabs for Sunday BBQ
Thursday - same as Wednesday
Friday - same as Wednesday, if I haven’t caught enough for the Sunday BBQ, otherwise play some golf
Saturday - no plans
Sunday - early trial match between between my sons team and Singleton Under 18’s, then family Christmas BBQ
Plenty on, nothing stressful, let’s go!
Annoying Monday morning issue, my son’s bike has a slow leak in the rear tire, seemingly takes 8-10 hours to go down…so in theory, if I pump it up now before he goes to school, it should stay up enough to get him home in 7 hours 🤷♂️
This pair… 🤷♂️🤪
Might be time to increase the dosage of my ADHD meds, finding them less effective currently and have been on the same dosage for a couple of months now.
⚽️ Strong result by Arsenal over West Ham in the EPL, conceding 2 wasn’t part of the plan, good to get the season back on track though! Back up to 2nd on the table, a draw between Liverpool and Man City would be ideal!