Tag: life

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral 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.

Today’s tip is to respond to a difficult situation in a new way.

My winch broke. One of the rollers broke, but the wire was also wound in a strange way, which allows the door enough, but it’s a mess.

This means I have to take things apart, futz with the wire, which sometimes has metal bits hanging off, reassemble it, get back mounted, test, etc. In other words, it’s a decent part of a day, plus some parts.

I got mad a few times with the staff doing the work (others and my kids), because they weren’t really paying attention. I decided to not get upset, or even vent to my wife. Instead, I ordered a new roller, and a new mount to experiment. I used this as an opportunity to try something better, and just allocated some time out of my week to get this fixed.

Once I changed my attitude, things went smoother. Maybe I can “helper-proof” things this time.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral 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.

Today’s tip is to make a list of new things you want to do before the year ends.

What do I want to do?

• First, get the grass cut. I got some more done this weekend, but need to get out there for about 10 more hours.
• Finishing learning Tears in Heaven on guitar. I got partway through and moved on to a few other things, but I want to finish this one.
• More guitar. I’ve got a lot of partial songs, but I realize I need to pick one and focus for a week or two and then move on. I’d like to aim for 4 completions by Dec 31
• Go snowboarding. I want to do this. It’s not a goal, but I’m hoping the snow looks good enough.
• See a live movie – I miss doing this with my wife
• Get some auto maintenance done. No, not the Tesla, the other things with oil here.
• Convince a few people to plan a 2022 SQL Saturday – definitely on my mind more after Orlando
• Go eat sushi – live
• Have lunch with a few friends. I’ve neglected this lately with a busy schedule.

There are certainly things I need to do, and plenty of chores, but these are more items I’d like to work on for myself.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral 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.

Today’s tip is to take time to reflect on what you accomplished this week.

I’m writing about last week because if I delay this until Friday morning, or Thur afternoon, I’ll forget to do it. So, Oct 25-Oct 31.

It was a busy week. Really the last stressful week with a bunch of deadlines for the next month, at least, I hope that’s the case. Here’s a list of things that happened last week:

• Record a presentation
• Review another presentation that was recorded in a group with comments for the editor
• Schedule a bunch of social media stuff
• Deliver a sales presentation on our products
• Organize a few things I want to read through for learning (the actual learning is for next week)
• Rehearse a presentation
• Deliver a live presentation (SQL Saturday Orlando 2021)
• Get on a plane, have a few dinners and breakfast with friends, and fly home. Actually got some work done on a plane.
• Write (or really, finish) 5 editorials.
• Watch a marketing presentation and give feedback (I didn’t expect this to be interesting)
• Renewed my driver’s license
• Watched a few kids I coached last year at their last high school game
• Hold a first practice with kids starting their new season with me
• Get to yoga 3 times, lift twice, ride the elliptical once and walk once
• Cook 5 dinners for the family
• Cut some grass, and cut down a tree that I’ve been meaning to clear all summer
• Learn part of a new song on guitar

I know I did more little stuff, but this came to mind.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral 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.

Today’s tip is to sign up for a new course, activity, or community.

Not everything is work, and I am a member of plenty of work related things. I actually started looking at a new course for some work tasks.

However, I also want to engage in other ways throughout the rest of my life. This wasn’t today, but I signed up with a coaching group a few months back. It was a chance to grow my knowledge, skills, and thoughts about how I interact with kids and work with them.

As with a lot of groups, it’s been up and down. Lots of whining from people, and lots of complaints about things. Plenty of irrelevant chats, from my perspective. I don’t work with high school, so those aren’t applicable to me.

However, I’ve gone from a lurker, trying to learn from others, to a participant, offering my thoughts or observations from my experience. While it hasn’t been that long for me, I have been coaching for about 6 years in this way, so I’ve learned a few things.

It’s been an interesting addition to my life. I don’t spend a lot of time there, and not very regularly, but I am glad I made the effort.