6 days ago

What I read, watched and listened to — week 17–18 and a half

There is something about the promise that you will do something regularly that turns into a chore when you start thinking people are watching you. I started this series because it occurred to me that I was going through gigabytes of content every week and not really letting anything sink…

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Jan 22

What I read, listened to and watched — Week 15–16

What a weird start to 2023. As much as I’d like to think this is a new beginning, we’re past the pandemic, the world is being righted (again), it all still feels a bit strange. Work, home, all of these feel just a little bit off and I cannot help…

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Jan 15

What I read, listened to and watched — 13–14 (post-hiatus, Part 2)

Rrrright. Last update was a pretty long one due to my long winter hols and the fact I really didn’t do much except watch TV and listen to podcasts. To round it off, here’s my reading list from that same period and a few things I managed to sneak in…

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Jan 8

What I read, listened to and watched — 13–14 (post-hiatus, Part 1)

So, it’s 2023. Yeah, incredibly, we made it past a full-on global pandemic, a proper economic crash in the UK, and we’re successfully ignoring some genuinely scary weather like winder in my home country of Romania now being completely snow-free and “bathed” in temperatures of over 17 degrees. …

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Nov 27, 2022

What I read, listened to and watched — weeks 11–12

It’s getting harder. Let me tell you. Work is a bit bonkers and likely to continue like that into Christmas. There’s also life’s little bits, like prepping for the holidays, some anniversaries, having to deal with a house sale and some stress about that. It all gets in the way…

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Nov 13, 2022

What I read/ listened to and watched — Week 10–11

[Spoiler alert: not much] It’s been a couple of manic weeks. Those types of weeks when you start early and finish late and the intensity of the work day is such that you come home and your brain is buzzing with tension and at the same time so tired that…

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Oct 30, 2022

What I read, listened to and watched — Week 9

Week 9. Getting into a bit of a stride here and hoping to keep this up until Christmas when we can expect there will be an increase in yummy food consumption and a visible decrease in writing about books. At any rate, having settled back home in London, life is…

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Oct 23, 2022

What I read/ listened to and watched — Week 8

Back in London and to a more natural pace of life for the time being and my consumption of content has become a bit more rightsided again. …

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Oct 18, 2022

What I read/ listened to and watched — Week 7

Hello. Again. Back from the COVID, barely, and I also caught a stomach bug which saw me decamp from the train that was taking me to Frankfurt and enter a random hotel where I proceeded to throw up through the night. …

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Oct 10, 2022