A month of actual coding, shift to Mastodon, 100 daily pushups, 2 days out in London, new coaching opportunities, random EM connections and plenty TV time.
Make #
Life #
Completed November's 100 daily push up challenge for Cancer Research, raising over £200 in the process and now able to complete 50 in one rep
Enjoyed BBC's Children In Need special matinee of Disney's Frozen musical in London
Educational trip to London's Imperial War Museum for a family birthday
Visited sixth form options for The Boy's media studies including Leamington Spa college
Failed to sell the Smart car to Webuyanycar with them asking us for £50 (to settle the finance agreement)
Gave blood for the first time in over 3 years, apparently my O Neg is in high demand, but for fifth time overall
Struggled through a long Winter flu, wiping me out of work for 2 days and pushup challenge for 3
Work #
Authentic Listening training with people around the company, finding an accountability partner in Fleur
Kicked off EM Development initiative, to identify and provide structure for EM's career growth
Started the Coaching Professional Level 5 apprenticeship with a cohort of fellow EM's
Lightning Talks from Lewis on growing an Instagram following and myself on why Mastodon
Contributed my first .NET PR towards the new Engineering Competency Framework project
Helped Simon and Manni introduce PETALS to their engineering teams as the framework gains further interest
Spoke to Dionne at TfL about mentoring more diversity into tech
Spoke to Sophie at What3Words through the Supermanagers Slack coffee roulette
Read #
Watched #
The Devil's Hour on Prime
The Elon Musk Show on BBC
Stuck on BBC
The Horne Section TV Show on All4
SAS: Rogue Heroes on BBC
Welcome to Wrexham on DisneyPlus
Tokyo Vice (Ep 1 & 2) on BBC
The Goes Wrong Show on Prime
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