June 2021

This month saw a productive and successful month at work, plenty days out, more Apple Fitness and plenty TV shows.

Work

Passed 3 month probation which highlighted how many wins I’ve already got in the role
Hosted our first online Pub Quiz to try improve morale across multiple teams
Arranged Euro 2020 sweepstake but got England in the “random” generator
Some great Lightning Talks ⚡️ including one from Sunny about Azure Devops to GitHub
My manager arranged a remote wine-tasting session with Kiss Of Wine – great fun… plus wine 🍷
Four trips to London and Birmingham offices to get back in the swing of commuting plus much-needed team face-to-face time
Last Friday was Wellbeing Day – a gift from ASOS to give all permanent staff a day’s rest. My plans for a swim were scuppered so resorted to the hot tub
Experiments with LinkedIn post formats to engage with audiences reached a climax with 15K impressions and 500 reactions (promoting wellbeing day)

First weekend away with Mrs J since October to Peak District – disappointing Wowcher hotel but beautiful days out to local nature
Murder Mystery “geo-cache” tour around Birmingham with friends cut short for preferred booze
Red flag on Green Flag cover when Mini broke down but repatriation cost double and took days (thankful for tracking with Apple Airtag though)
The Boy wrapped up his football career with last few games for local club after nearly 10 years and impressive final performance for the entire team
Started Apple Fitness+ subscription to try more home exercises
Tried a couple 5K runs following 2 months of orthotics training – still causing my knees and soles grief though
Beer festival at local Weedon Bec Roman Way brewery brought much needed sun and fun

Football Cal was launched for the Euro 2020 competition with regular content updates and reasonable traffic (using Netlify and Plausible to avoid Google cookie warnings)
Make Life Work Season 6 started with huge downloads on Rob Manuel and Chris Heilmann episodes
#FinesseFriday continued to support growth on regular downloads, now seeing 1K+ weekly
House Finesse Summer House ‘21 was made and released, a full 2 hour set from myself this time
On The Side Directory was revived thanks to reminders from Sam and Holly
Time Journal has been paused to see if it makes any difference to Get Things Done