2024: A yearnote It always surprises me when someone can manage a "year in review" type post right at the beginning of January. For me, the year doesn't actually begin til at least a week or two in, once the children are back at school and I've
Weeknote 19 of 2024 Ooof. I've been feeling the stress of the winter and holiday season - busy work, busy life. It took me a full week of chipping away at it to write this weeknote. What happened * I got a double-barrelled illness. Some sort of cold/flu coupled with pink eye,
Weeknotes 18 of 2024 It's been a minute. A busy minute. On the family side, we had Halloween and Remembrance Day and Covid and Flu Vaccines and a lot of medical appointments (mostly all good.) What happened: * I attended Victoria GovJam which was such an awesome experience. It reminded me of the
Weeknotes 17 of 2024 A hectic few weeks in which a lot of things were done and I turned another year older. What happened * I've been juggling 2.5 projects over the last few weeks, interspersed with all the other things I do (design community, talks and workshops I give off the
Weeknote 16 of 2024 Feeling a bit cold and grey today (both the weather and me) - so I turned the heat on in our house and I'm going to try to lean into coziness. What happened * After a few weeks of onboarding, I've started digging into project work. There&
Weeknote 15 of 2024 Weeks 2 and 3 in my new role and settling into school year routines. What happened * My onboarding into the Ministry of Health continued with an official onboarding session and a lot of intro meetings. I also joined some project meetings as an observer. * I completed a 2-day conflict management
Weeknote 14 of 2024 I'll start with the job news: I've just moved on from my temporary role in the Ministry of Environment, to a brand new (permanent) one in the Ministry of Health. The working job title is still TBD, but it's still within the service design