Tag: syndicated

Today’s coping tip is to learn a new skill from a friend or share one of yours with them.

I like learning, so in this case, I took advantage of my daughter being home. I asked her to help me adjust some photos and explain how and why she made changes. She’s working on a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Photography, so I thought this might help me grab some better shots at events.

The original photo:

The adjusted one:

One thing she is passionate about is good framing, so you can’t crop if you didn’t do a good job at the beginning.

Not sure I’ll follow that advice, but I do think about it.

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.

Today’s coping tip is to make a meal using a recipe or ingredient you’ve not tried before.

It’s the holidays, and my daughter is home. She’s GF, so I’m trying to make: Gluten Free Pfeffernusse Cookies

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.

Today’s coping tip is to broaden your perspective: read a different source of media.

I’m off to the UK today. I tend to read books a lot when I travel and not embrace too much media, but I’ll try something new today.

In general I aim to avoid a lot of news. I like David Perell’s advice: Don’t read the news and read independent writers. Books or things that might stand the test of time.

So I subscribed to the Browser for now. I’ll see how I like it for a few weeks.

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.