Category: Daily Blog
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Blog Post #10: Website
Over the past 24 hours, I have building my website to share my blog. What struck me most was how much easier it has been to create than previous attempts; a few years ago I tried to create something similar, and it was a complex and ultimately unsuccessful task. A lot of this is due…
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Blog Post #9: Going Premium
I recently injured my back, and while it has improved (a lot!) I’m still not at 100%. To deal with this, my wife and I have decided to upgrade to premium economy for $500 going from Auckland to Vancouver, a journey of 13 hours. I have never flown higher than economy, and I’m certainly appreciating…
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Blog Post #8: Catchup
It should be easy running a daily blog that only takes 45 seconds or so a day to post to; but yesterday, I forgot. I’m thinking of ways of preventing this from happening, and have come to the conclusion that what I need some systems. Solution 1 is “write as soon as I think of…
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Blog Post #7: Winners are grinners
Those who know me know that I’m a Newcastle United fan, which is always been an oddity. Newcastle have never in my lifetime been a contender, and while my mum is from the UK, she grew up in London, hundreds of kilometers away from St James’ Park. In my lifetime Newcastle have been relegated, and…
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Blog Post #6: Recovery
Today is the day after the wedding of Sarah and Tom, and unsurprisingly, I am in a bit of a rough space. My back is feeling super rotten, and the drugs I have been taking to help make me feel all at sea. Nevertheless, there are no bad days. Today I have been able to…
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Blog Post #4: Tend
As readers of this blog know, I have sustained a TERRIBLE back injury, having strained myself on the water wakeboarding. However, the good news is that I’m feeling a lot better, and have gone from unable to get out of bed to being semi functional. I can walk, albeit slowly, and can sleep through the…
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Blog Post #3: The Injury
Today I got injured. Bad. I was out water skiing with friends this afternoon, and after getting up on the first go (whooo!) I ended up taking a serious stack. Now, water skiing involves (surprise) water, so it isn’t like smashing into a brick wall, but the combination of twisting, cold water, and no warm…
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Blog Post #2: The run
Ky and I have set the goal to run 2x5k each week for 52 weeks, and today we did number one. As usual, I was totally disorganized and left my runners at home, so ended up running the full 5k in bare feet. I don’t think I’d ever run more than 20m in my whole…