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January 2025: Monthnote

I mentioned in my yearnote that I want to focus on impactful writing - I think this means using the time I would spend on bi-weekly weeknotes for other types of writing, and making my weeknotes once a month instead. Plus I already write weeknotes in my paper journal anyway,

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

Weeknotes 13 of 2024

I'm going to start by being annoyingly vague here because I'm not sure how much I can talk about publicly yet: I'm switching jobs in a week, but still within the BC Government. This has been on the cards for a while but a

Weeknotes 12 of 2024

This was a fortnight of getting myself and my children back into routines: transitioning from unscheduled chaotic summer days back into morning alarms and packing backpacks for days spent at daycare/summer camps - which is always a challenge, even though I know my neurodiverse brain thrives on routine. We&

Weeknotes 11 of 2024

It's been over a month since my last weeknote, though I know I'm the only one counting. I took my kids away for two weeks, visiting the Okanagan and Calgary. We spent many lovely days with my brother's family (I have two nephews who

Weeknotes 10 of 2024

The one where I have a hectic fortnight and realize my baby isn't a baby anymore What I've been up to * I planned and ran our Virtual Skills Week. It's the kind of thing that looks pretty simple on paper but was actually kind

Weeknotes 9 of 2024

In which a mini-break and a few games of croquet help to put a positive spin on a fairly challenging few weeks. What I've been up to * I launched something. Over the past couple of weeks, I planned and launched a week-long event called Virtual Skills Week. It&

Weeknote 8 of 2024

In which I celebrate the resurgence of the humble weeknote! What I've been up to * Along with my colleagues the Lindsays (because they have the same first name, yes they are ok with being called that) I gave an in-person Intro to Human Centred Design to a small