Jarric

Wednesday W1D3 Yesterday's adventure was a trip to the dentist! I need a filling, apparently, and judging by my dentist's comment of "I'm not looking forward to that one, that'll be a real pain to get to," I think I'm in for a tough one. I had Crossfit before the dentist and climbing after. Crossfit was fun - I did squats at 100kg (220#) for 4 sets of 4 and relished the opportunity to lift heavy. Then there was a load of assistance stuff, which was ok. Climbing was fun too - I did a lot of slab climbing, which was pretty hard on my legs and really very scary in places, but I'm quite happy with what I managed to top. When I got home I got a message out of the blue from someone asking if I'd been impacted by the changes at my current job, and if I'd like a chat about job opportunities. I made it clear that I needed to let the dust settle for a couple of weeks before I make any decisions, but I'm going to have a chat just to see what the opportunity is there. After that my head was all over the place, so I just sort of bounced between catching up here, chatting on Discord, playing guitar, looking at houses I can't afford, looking at houses I might be able to afford in a couple of years, and googling executive dysfunction (the irony of that last one isn't lost on me). The evening was equally chilled and unfocused - I cooked a sausage casserole and watched TV, but I did spend a bit of time reading Dracula so I finally get a point on that goal! A morning cup of tea ruined the no-spend goal, but I did eat my fruit and read, and as I wasn't working that goal didn't apply, giving me a 2/3 day.

Tuesday W1D2 Tuesday was also an interesting day. Found out about 1 more redundancy that wasn't announced on Monday, as the person going had been off sick on Monday and they needed to tell him before they could tell the rest of the business. I was also spending the day in our other office to meet our new interim CEO, and it was the day that most of that office found out about the redundancies, so there was a lot to talk about! Another day of seeing people pull together to cheer each other up though, which was really nice. I went for a very early run before work, with my new headtorch, and was reminded that running in the dark is hard work! This is surely a good thing for me though. I got home from the office early so I logged back on to work to tidy some things up, and ended up getting engrossed in a spreadsheet and working much later than I had planned to. Pathfinder was cancelled, so I had some time to do some reading for my reading goal. I didn't actually do any reading; I watched Bake Off and chilled on the sofa, but I would have had time had I put the effort in. To be fair, I did at least do a bit of mini painting. I managed my 3 fruit for the day, and somehow a no-spend day too, so 2/4 dailies.

Good to have you! Thank you, I appreciate it ❤️ Yeah, I'm thankful to be in that position. The uncertainty for me comes around workload (the people leaving have books of clients that will have to be shared out somehow) and line management (there's one team that will soon have no managers, and whilst that's not my team I think there'll be changes across the business to get all of the teams running more efficiently). Still a much better position than wondering about whether I'll be keeping my job though! Thanks mate. The upside of having done that process is that I'm pretty confident I could find another job if I wanted to, and it would almost certainly pay better than what I'm on now, which is good to have in my back pocket.

Yeah, I'm enjoying the novelty of being able to see who's active on a thread too. The novelty might wear off, but I can't see it becoming a negative even if that happens.

The hulking figure of Guglug looms behind Heid as she write her name on the board. "I'll 'ed norf too," he says, simply, and shoulders his pack to leave. Looking forward to seeing what this challenge brings! My current challenge is here:

It's 10 specific people who have been chosen for redundancy (or put into a consultation, or what ever the correct term is). They'll have to be given all of the usual options for alternatives, but knowing the list I doubt any of them will be coming back to be honest. It doesn't happen to me very often, but it's a lovely surprise!

They look really cool! Can't wait to see the coloured versions.

I get a digest e-mail every... every little while? I've never really thought about it, but looking back through my e-mails it appears I get a weekly one, and some weeks I get a bonus one that also calls itself weekly. The last one of those I got was on 20th October, but being weeklyish I won't know if I'm missing one until next Monday.

Welcome back!

...skull collection? O.o

Monday - W1D1 Yesterday was an interesting day. My work announced a round of redundancies, two from my team and 10 across the business. I sort of knew it was coming, but it obviously put a bit of a weird atmosphere in the air at work. Before work was Crossfit - I worked up to 55kg on clean and jerk; possibly should have gone heavier but it was good practice anyway. Then a boring workout of cycling which was repeatedly interrupted by wall balls (I actually quite enjoyed the session somehow ) At lunchtime I bought a headtorch for morning running as I seem to have lost mine. That spoiled the no-spend goal for the day, but I did leave work close enough to on time. In the evening I crashed on the sofa a bit, cooked chicken fajitas, then crashed again. No reading done, or painting, but I did eat my fruit. 2/4 dailies done.

Thanks! The key word is just. I'm not saying there won't be doughnuts and beer, but there should also be fruit.

Jarric gets going Last challenge I dropped off for the final 2 weeks - I had a week of work travel and trying to clear my plate, then a week off work which involves quite a bit of driving round the country to do various things (though we did get to drop in to see @DarK_RaideR and to meet the lovely @deftona for the first time, which was an absolute treat). This week has been full of public speaking on top of trying to catch up on absolutely tons of work, but I didn't want that to stop me getting going on this challenge. I will, hopefully, come back and format this post properly at some point in the week, but in the meantime here are the goals. The decisionist Eat 3 pieces of fruit every day. I'm bulking at the moment, and the temptation is to do that through doughnuts and beer (which, to be fair, is a very easy way to eat enough calories to bulk). I have also ended up throwing away too much fruit recently because it's gone off. This goal should ensure that there are at least some vitamins in my diet, and reduce food waste. The hoardsperson Spend no money. I'm spending far too much at the moment, so cutting out all of the discretionary spending would be good, particularly in the months leading up to Christmas. The documancer Read for pleasure every day, unless I'm playing Pathfinder. I've been enjoying reading recently, and I'm on a bit of a classic horror kick, so I'd like to stay on a roll with that. Pathfinder nights are going to be an impossibility for this goal, hence the exemption. The cartographer Paint 5 minis in 5 weeks. I have an ever-growing backlog of lovely minis to paint, so I want to average 1 per week. Last challenge I managed 4 in 6 weeks, which is ok, but let's aim for 5 in 5 this time. The timekeeper Leave work (within 15 minutes of) on time. Inspired by the talk of burnout in the tavern this challenge, I thought this would be a good thing to track. There's a lot going on at my work at the moment, some good, some tough, some who knows, but I don't need to be giving away time I'm not getting paid for.

Following! We've been getting Oddbox for a few years now and I'm a big fan.