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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, 457p: I love Ali Hazelwood books, it's the only author I truly enjoy in contemporary romance. This one is ab...
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Week Notes - Mar 07 to Mar 29 2025
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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...
on Mar 29
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📚 Whenever I finish a book, I usually have a good idea of what I want to read next. At the start of each month, I brainstorm and list fou...
on Mar 19
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Week Notes - Feb 18 to March 06 2025
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So this will cover 3 weeks of notes! 🍵 I have been feeling (more) introverted this winter. I’ve been enjoying quiet activities, such as ...
on Mar 6
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett, 317p: The faerie lore in this book is interesting, it has a...
on Mar 1
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Week Notes – Feb 10 to Feb 17 2025
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❄️ 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 i...
on Feb 18
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Week Notes – Jan 29 to Feb 10 2025
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⛸️ This weekend was great to go skating at the Canal again. Perfect -4C with very good ice. I’m still impressed with my pair of skates th...
on Feb 12
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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/Dungeo...
on Feb 2
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Finally skating again on the Rideau Canal Skateway
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⛸️ 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 “V...
on Jan 19
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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 abou...
on Jan 2
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One of the things I struggle with is planning short term, especially daily and weekly. During the past 2 years I've used Cal Newport's Ti...
on Dec 11
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I was surprised to see that I finished less books this month than my average. But at the same time, I’ve been reading “The Way of Kings” ...
on Dec 1
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I finished a bunch of romance books this month! All of them by authors I’ve never read before, so it was an exploration month. I finished...
on Nov 2
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GTD Journey: From Microsoft To Do Back to the Comfort of Nirvana
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After experimenting with Microsoft To Do this week I switched back to Nirvana. Some things were working well, but overall it was not that...
on Oct 28
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"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams
on Oct 2
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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 marr...
on Oct 1
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Week Notes – Sep 23 to Sep 29 2024
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💪 I got a pair of ankle weights to do my morning planks, bird-dogs, and crunches in the morning. I’ve also added the Donkey Kick to my mo...
on Sep 29
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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, wh...
on Sep 27
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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 ...
on Sep 21
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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 tea...
on Sep 7
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This month I was surprised I read this much! Some books I devoured in a couple of days. I wasn’t too much in the mood for non-fiction, I ...
on Aug 31
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During a therapy session recently, I realized I have not been journaling deeply. Meaning, using writing to tap into my deeper thoughts. J...
on Aug 26
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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...
on Aug 23
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Food Diary and a new health journey
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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 ...
on Aug 14
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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 ...
on Aug 8
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40 years ago Metallica released 'Ride the Lightning'
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This weekend marked the 40th anniversary of Metallica’s album “Ride the Lightning”! I decided to listen to it again from start to finish ...
on Jul 30
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Week Notes - July 16 to July 21
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🏖️ We went on a day-road-trip this weekend to Kingston. We walked around the waterfront, which is lovely in the summer! It was a sunny, g...
on Jul 23
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Week Notes – July 09 to July 15 2024
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🌞 I’m enjoying Summer this year! Having lived most of my life in Brazil, summer was my least favorite season because summers there are br...
on Jul 16
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The Rogue of Fifth Avenue (Uptown Girls #1) by Joanna Shupe, 400p: I liked this historical late 19th century romance set in New York. T...
on Jul 1
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Week Notes - June 10 to June 17 2024
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✨ I went to Scintillation this weekend! I took the train to Montreal (which I love) and spent 3 days immersed in conversations about book...
on Jun 26
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Week Notes – June 18 to June 23 2024
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🐢 I took it terribly slow this week. I focused on reading and resting. I didn’t play any video games and I didn’t watch anything. I worke...
on Jun 25
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The Internet. What a wonderful thing. Access to all kinds of information at our fingertips. Connecting people all over the world. Social ...
on Jun 9
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Week Notes – May 27 to June 02
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📖Reading: I started a Book Club read which is a Norse-Mythology-Viking inspired fantasy. The tone is not really appealing me: it is a dar...
on Jun 2
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A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers #2) by Becky Chambers, 365p: I love Becky Chamber's writing style. And this one is a delightful re...
on Jun 2
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Slower Days and Strategies For Busy Days
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I'm enjoying some slower days at work. There has been only one big procurement project with tight deadlines to deliver a budget. All the ...
on May 30
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Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0) by Travis Baldree, 339p: I loved going back to this cozy fantasy world with a younger Viv. W...
on May 1
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GTD Journey: It's all about working with lists and embracing Nirvana
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So, when I started Rethinking My To Do list this week, I was feeling disconnected. I was craving for something different. I’m not sure ...
on Apr 21
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There’s something going on with how I’m engaging with my To Do list (currently using Nirvana). I’ve been craving for something more inter...
on Apr 18
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Week Notes – Apr 01 to Apr 07 2024
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🏃♀️It got cold, and we had some snow in the middle of this week. But it cleared up over the weekend and I went for a 7km run outside. It...
on Apr 8
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2024 Q1 Projects Completed - Recap
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At the end of each quarter, I like to take stock of myself and list the projects/goals I have concluded and achieved. Since Q1 2024 is ...
on Apr 2, 2024
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I was sick in the beginning of the month, and I experienced fatigue and headaches for most of it. But I managed to do a quick refresh on ...
on Mar 31, 2024
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I've abandoned the book "Apollo Murders" by Chris Hadfield. I wanted to like it, but it's not growing on me, really. I stopped at 20% whi...
on Mar 27, 2024
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Week Notes – Mar 18 to Mar 24 2024
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These are some of the things that happened in my life lately: 🐢I feel like I’ve slowed down this week, which is good. After the week wit...
on Mar 24, 2024
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📌Things occupying my attention now: Monitoring my post COVID-19 symptoms. After testing negative and having no other symptoms I’m still ...
on Mar 19, 2024
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Journaling is a habit I started in 2013. I talk more about my initial experience here. For some time, I was doing shorter entries, like ...
on Mar 18, 2024
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Task completion preferences: insights from "Attention Span"
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In Gloria Mark’s book “Attention Span” she delves into the fascinating world of attention management. We usually fall along a continuum ...
on Mar 13, 2024
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Quick update : monospace fonts
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After switching all my systems/apps/blog to Dark Mode, now I'm looking at some font types. I've been journaling daily in Standard Notes u...
on Mar 12, 2024
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Week Notes – Mar 04 to Mar 10 2024
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These are some of the things that happened in my life lately: 😷After a week with COVID-19, I finally tested negative yesterday and I’m f...
on Mar 10, 2024