Returning to the monthly cadence after a quarter of Fortnotes with holiday highlights, family health challenges, casual side project focus and a busy month with people at work.
Make
- Continued break from Make Life Work podcast whilst considering most appropriate direction forward
- Started work on World Cup 2022 for Football Cal
- More resident mixes on House Finesse alongside guest mix from Seattle House Mafia (old chum Paul Velocity’s latest venture)
- Re-shared my 1indienation mix on House Finesse
- Guest appearance on the Evolution Exchange podcast about hybrid working
Life
- Suffered a nasty stomach bug for over a week, wiping me out for 4 days, losing 3.5kg in the process
- Sold the caravan back to a local dealer after realising its not worth keeping
- Mrs J broke her elbow on Easter Sunday but A&E suggested holiday travels should be fine
- Enjoyable week in Eurocamp near Paris with 9 other family and friends – the kids in their element whilst adults relaxed at the bars
- Setup my old decks properly to get back into some vinyl mixing
Work
- Confirmed another new SE offer and recruited 3 Spartans – an outsourced graduate bootcamp for emerging talent
- Finished editing the first episode of the podcast before discovering Descript which could drastically improve the production time
- Hugely successful with 2 Tech Develops sessions I organised with Lewis (Bitcoin) and Jamie (neurodiversity), the former breaking attendance records
- “Nailed it” in mid-year rating – a fair assessment considering personal opinion and circumstances
- Epic office day with 3 teams, meeting new plenty faces, saying goodbye to Talent Tom, plus delicious team lunch at Dishoom
Read
- Lost Hope by Nathan Hystad
- The Coaching Mindset by Chad Hall
- Strategic Mindset by Thibaut Meurisse
- The Event by Nathan Hystad
- The 5 Minute To-Do List Formula by Magnus Muller