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Category: Blog

  • Daily Coping 9 Feb 2023

    Today’s coping tip is to write down your hopes or plans for the future.

    Hopes are vague, and plans are easier, so here are some plans:

    1. Plan a trip to South America or Japan for 2023
    2. Go back to Italy with my wife this year
    3. Move back to coaching younger kids
    4. Rebuild a generator shed around the ranch
    5. Learn to patch concrete

    I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.

  • Daily Coping 8 Feb 2023

    Today’s coping tip is to go to bed in good time and allow yourself to recharge.

    I need this reminder. Lately I’ve struggled to sleep well, through the night, and I’ve had some rough mornings. It seems this usually happens when I have early meetings, which makes things even worse.

    I’m making it a point to get to bed by 10 for a few days and see if that helps me at all.

    I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.

  • RMOUG Training Days in Denver

    Next week I’m heading to the Lowry Conference Center in Denver for the RMOUG Training Days. The Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group has put this on for years, and I’ve been honored to speak a few times.

    This time I have two sessions, one live and one virtual. The live one will be Flyway tips and tricks, sponsored by Redgate. The virtual one is my Branding Yourself for a Dream Job talk.

    Register today and join me to learn about some Oracle and MySQL

  • Daily Coping 7 Feb 2023

    Today’s coping tip is to go to bed in good time and allow yourself to recharge.

    I need this reminder. Lately I’ve struggled to sleep well, through the night, and I’ve had some rough mornings. It seems this usually happens when I have early meetings, which makes things even worse.

    I’m making it a point to get to bed by 10 for a few days and see if that helps me at all.

    I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.