Currently Reading
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness Eric Jorgenson
- Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (audiobook)
Now Update - 2025-04-08
This is a 'then' page. It is an archive of one of my previous now pages. To see other previous entries, visit my then index, or my now page for the current entry.
About a week ago, I left my job at Red Hat to open up more flexible time for family life and to grow my skills in various areas. So… right now I’m mostly figuring that all out 😅.
Learning/Projects
I’m starting out by dedicating some time to learn more about design - both general and specifically UI/UX design. I want to work on some projects, but they all tend to become blocked by design since I have zero experience in it. So I’m working to fix that.
I’ve also been editing my website to support now/then pages. I have put it off for some time, until I could safely share that much of what I’ve been working on was related to leaving my job.
Home
On the home and family front, I’m setting up an organized calendar/task management system so we can all be (roughly) on the same page. Beyond that, the big timely project I’ve been dragging my feet on is prepping and setting up our garden for this year. We tarped our side yard over the winter, and I also plan to try spreading some wildflowers.
My family is taking a trip to see friends in Seattle WA at the end of the month, so that’s my next big countdown item.
Books
I’ve been building a better reading habit over the past year. Here’s what I’ve been working through:
Recently Finished
- Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
- Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself by Crystal Hefner (audiobook)