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What I'm up to at the moment.

πŸ“ Back in Lisbon after almost two months of traveling.

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Client work is still quite busy, but looks like I might have some space from end of October. Need some assistance? Hit me up!

πŸ“ Traveling and work has made writing routines difficult. Looking forward to mostly staying home and

πŸ“š Reading The Dry Season by Melissa Febos after hearing her on a podcast. It's about celibacy and bits of it are hugely entertaining. Like this gem:

When I stripped away the great swells of feeling that obscured it, I could see how those habitually compelled by this ecstasy were almost robotic in their pursuit, like sex Roombas. Over the past three months I had observed this dynamic more often than I had participated in it, and I had come to understand that it was not a compliment to be pursued by a sex Roomba.

"Sex Roomba" lives rent free in my vocabulary now.

πŸ€ΈπŸ»β€β™€οΈ While I pushed my boundaries during the hike in July, the rest of my time traveling was less active than normal. I had pain in neck and spine after the injury and it got triggered when doing things I would usually do, like handstands and planks, so I mainly did reformer pilates. Being home means access to all my favorite trusted teachers and I could not be happier.

πŸ“ In Lisbon!

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Currently fully booked with clients and I'm quite excited about it.

πŸ“ New clients does mean my available time for my side projects suddenly got very limited and I need to get into a new routine. Had to pause Between Deadlines and figure out what frequency is actually reasonable for me at the moment. Might be monthly? Let's see!
Still working on a few pieces for this blog too, but might be updating Dispatches (more casual blog stuff) more frequently.

πŸ“š Reading the latest Murakami, first one I've read in about 15 years? I stopped reading him because the way he writes women is just too damn annoying. Trying to overlook that and enjoy the world building, but halfway through, I'm still not convinced.

πŸ€ΈπŸ»β€β™€οΈ I signed up for the student showcase at my aerial studio as a personal challenge and at the same time dealing with a shoulder injury. So, physiotherapy, aerial, and barre is my focus here. Also, back in Europe means I can run without feeling like I'm choking on hot air, so aiming for 1-2 short runs per week.

πŸ“ In Koh Phangan, Thailand.

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» In January I finally shared my little side project – building an app with AI!
Also, I still have capacity for an extra client, so here's what I do and what I'm looking for on Linkedin.

πŸ“ Been writing quite a bit, and also started a new weekly newsletter called Between Deadlines, focused on project management and keeping your balance as a consultant.

πŸ“š Reading The Scout Mindset, which has revealed several strategies I already use to check my biases, and how I'm not applying them as consistently as I could. Halfway through and already gotten a lot of value out of it!

πŸ€ΈπŸ»β€β™€οΈ Current focus is running, strength maintenance and handstand classes.