Migraine Pain

My wife has suffered from migraines all her adult life, and it's become easy to spot the pattern of life which brings them on. Stress piles up to the point of breaking, the release through sharing or from tears will ease the stress, and next day she will likely get a migraine. 

I, on the other hand, have only had four migraines in my life. I've yet to figure out a pattern, but this too will likely be stress related. Yesterday marked my fourth migraine and whilst not feeling especially stressed (compared to some work days), I suspect this migraine was the culmination of weeks of stressful, full on, varied workloads, and my poor brain had had enough. 

I've been considering ways to reduce my stress, and generally take better care of my body and mind, and have decided that perhaps Yoga would be a good way to keep both active and relaxed. There are plenty of good articles on the various types of yoga, and there seem to be a myriad choices of sites and apps to access this content.

The issue I'm contending with now is one of time. When would be a good time of day to conduct this exercise? Would my body appreciate doing yoga within a routine? How can I make time with busy workloads, and a customer base which can take me across half the country?

Please leave comments below, is be grateful for any suggestions.

Riverlite

16th January 2022 marks my five years at Riverlite Ltd.

I've worked at a few companies big and small through my career, from little one man bands to big multinational corporations, across different verticals, and in both private and public sectors. Not one of my previous employers has come this close to perfection.

My role as Senior Consultant at Riverlite offers me daily challenges, projects of varying scope and difficulty, a team of truly talented and professional individuals, and a work/life balance which seems to have actually found an equilibrium. Not to mention the support they have offered during times of personal struggle.

I have found a happiness in my team, and my work that I have not had for a long time, and I wanted to take a few minutes to say thank you. Thank you to my team, thank you to my manager, and thank you to the MD.

That's all for now.

Dave

100 Days to Offload

So, I was going through my Fosstodon time line, when I saw a Toot from Kev Quirk about #100DaysToOffload. The idea being to encourage people to write 100 personal blog posts in a year. Not necessarily long, wordy, or well written, just blog posts. 

I've been great at creating drafts in Blogger over the years, but have been more than a little lax in finishing them and publishing them. 

This got me thinking, can I create and publish 100 posts in a year? Can I finish up any of my drafts and get them out into the world? Do I have something to contribute to the world?

The last question has played on my mind for a while. I've tried engaging with people and organisations through social media lately, and either the posts haven't been seen by these organisations, or have been actively ignored. Buy why? Does my opinion not count, or do I just not have a big enough soap box to get noticed?

I suspect, like most people, I get treated as just another angry or upset individual who can easily be ignored in the social internet world, but this isn't right. I do have a voice, and as valid an opinion as any other.

And so back to the point. I'm going to start being not active and present in the blogging realm this year. Some of it will be piss poor, some may venture into being insightful, but it will all be my voice.

Sleep well.