Voice of the DBA

Tag: syndicated

  • On the Road at SQL Bits

    I may try to blog, but I know this is a busy week. I’m leaving today for England and SQL Bits. Actually I fly to London and then spend a day there before training across to Wales with colleagues.

    By my CV, this is my seventh trip to SQL Bits, and I’m excited to go back. It is my favorite conference, and I love that I can see friends from all over the world. The Summit in Seattle and MVP Summit also get worldwide attendees, but Bits gets a neat mix of many speakers and attendees I don’t see elsewhere.

    I’ll try to post some pix and notes from the event, though I know it will be a busy week.

  • Daily Coping 13 Mar 2023

    Today’s coping tip is to start today by appreciating your body and that you’re alive.

    I greatly appreciate my body today. I had a long weekend, with a lot of standing while coaching and everything felt tired and ache-y each morning. However, I’m getting moving with some gym time, with some better food, and I’m grateful that I can still do most of the things I want to do.

    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 10 Mar 2023

    Today’s coping tip is to notice three things you find beautiful in the outside world.

    I haven’t been outside a lot lately. It’s been cold and I’ve been busy working, coaching, and even traveling inside a lot. Not spending much time outside, so I had to stop and take a few minutes the other day.

    The things I noticed:

    1. After a light snow, the trees were sparkling with just a light coating of frost. Everything looked bright, clean, and fresh.
    2. The air, while cold, was crisp and refreshing. If you weren’t out too long. At 12F, it gets cold quickly.
    3. The sky was cloudy and gray, but bright in the early morning. This was at 6am and everything looked like a bright Ansel Adams print.

    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 9 Mar 2023

    Today’s coping tip is set an intention to live with awareness and kindness.

    One of the best things about these coping tips is that I have learned to be more deliberate. I think about things and I pay attention to the world. I also try to be polite and understanding.

    My awareness is higher as I age, often because I realize how many things I don’t know and how many other ways people see the world. It’s often just easy for me to get along with others by being polite.

    I also think kindness is far too often lost when we get stressed, frustrated, we’re online, or we’re thinking only of ourselves. I’m working to think of others more and being kind just because it’s a better way for me to live.

    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.