Aaron's Status

DIY projects are always more complicated than you think. Climbing, work, holiday updates.

Coaching and climbing recaps; progress was made!

Last week of work, coaching, climbing stuff.

Solo book club: Vertical Mind (ch. 4-8)

Another Saturday is thrust upon us. Here’s what’s going on in my life.

Friday the 13th.

I think it’s going to be a good day, so what do I need to do to ensure it?

First climb in a week; Christmas drama.

Just trying to keep up with everything… Is how it feels sometimes.

Sure, let’s talk about health care, why not?

Recovery continues; postcards are happening; hip hop returns.

Lead class; podcasting; Christmas; and more!

Today went about as I expected it to.

It’s December, it’s 19 degrees outside, and we have work to do.

Applying my reflections from Vertical Mind; a struggle with anxiety; Thanksgiving is still happening.

Solo book club: Vertical Mind (ch. 3)

Solo book club: Vertical Mind.

Jet lagged; lazy Saturday; Sunday climbing log.

I need a vacation from my vacation!

I’m back. Sort of. I need to get more sleep.

Making the long journey home from Death Valley; reflections on the trip; things to come.

Death Valley days two and three.

First day in Death Valley!

A day in Las Vegas.

I’m literally flying.

I’m unreasonably excited that I was able to move everything from the giant Shimoda hiking photo backpack into my slick Peak Design 30L backpack. The Shimoda is more of a “traditional” photo pack in that it opens through the back so that when you lay it on the ground the part that touches the ground isn’t the part the touches your body, which is very smart.

The door saga continues; Cyberpunk 2077; travel packing optimizations (or: “do you ever really have enough bags?”)

Reflections on how we got here and what we’re going to do about it.

It’s a Saturday!

Looking back on the week and ahead toward the weekend.

The day after; recovery notes; trip planning.

Doors, doors, doors; my body continues to fall apart; a brief review of Thief (2014).

Printer stuff; climb log; week ahead.

Climb log; printer assembly; car talk.

Somehow, it’s November already. Yesterday’s Halloween was warm and delightful, nobody cried, nobody got hit by a car, and what more can you really ask for?

Death Valley prep; today’s agenda; reflecting on capacity.

Link dump; what I’ve been doing this weekend.

My body is falling apart; 3d printing adventures continue.

Failure, and how it serves me.

Sick kid; podcasting; knee update.

Brakes are fixed, knee is not; it’s a rest week, but not at work.

A send and a sprain; a fun (early) morning.

Health and climbing check-in; sleep is getting out of hand; Halloween party??

Adventure recap; whatever else is going on.

Work; climbing; sleep; adventures.

I cut up my kitchen; meta update on this whole micro-blog thing.

Brake problems; door update; dinner out; new bevvy fridge; more work to do.

Home improvement woes; climbing gym intrigue.

Fall is officially in full-swing; I love buying (mostly climbing) gear.

Do I only talk about climbing? Yeah basically.

Climbing at the Qs (send log)!

Checking in on recovery; so much climbing and driving!

3D printing is ramping up again; easing back into yoga.

Urbanist win; the thing is, I only trust science; more climbing stories.

New game plus; my poor great dentist.

It’s a rainy Monday; still trying to beat Persona 5 Royal; getting dragged back into management things?

I finally sent my first V5 boulder! Read my steaming hot takes on that and climbing training or whatever.

Salem “Haunted Happenings” happened; Boston Lights at Franklin Park Zoo also happened. A recap.

Haunted Happenings is happening; suffering the slings of some bad Shakespeare pun; continued camera confusion.

Reflecting on the ride; MXXN has arrived; a fire is happening.

Some internet finds (Bandcamp Friday!); a day to ride bikes; is it fire pit season yet?

Good morning, internets. Amazon is ridiculous. Creating a new habit is hard.

Haunted Happenings is happening; Bandcamp Friday looms; October bike rides.

Welp, it’s suddenly October. Time to put out the scary stuff! Plus, climbing of course.

Peak Design is amazing and they’re not paying me to say that. I still have a cold, though.

The climbing hit parade continues, silver linings within the injury cloud; kids' birthday parties, man.

Starting the day with a heating pad; Boston Brutalism Tour 2024.

I’m not sick that often, but I’m sick now; Boston Brutalism Tour 2024 is actually happening.

Payoff from new flexibility?? And, yours truly receives a performance review. Ironic.

I installed shelves and I guess I’m into racing games again?

A great session for the “Tuesday Topliners”; home improvement stuff continues apace; Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 is deceptively hard.

Physical therapy totally works; “Google Notebook LM” is exciting and terrifying; a little retro on this micro-blog.

A solid climbing session; the school’s “summer” carnival; brutalism tour rescheduled.

You can’t control the weather; color is relative and so are we; my last PT session; recording a podcast.

My semi-obsession with brutalism, the trials and tribulations of product management, and a return to coaching.

More climbing, the joys of a personal VPN, it feels good to be appreciated, and I did a resume review.

Looking back and looking forward; more reflections on recovering from a back injury.

Reaching a recovery milestone, side-hustles ramp up, home improvements continue.

Home improvements, dadding intensifies, and the joy of remote work.

Pixel Watch 3, PT is spinning down, and reflections on yoga.

PT is paying off, bike upgrades, and (re-)trying yoga for the thousandth time.

I’ve been musing on setbacks, persistence, and living from the future.

I’ve been playing a whole lot of Persona 5 Royal lately, and I have some thoughts about it.

Thinking a lot about note-taking and idea-management again, and struggling with putting a lot of my goals on pause.

Just rounded out month three with ongoing lower back pain issues, and month one of daily physical therapy and twice weekly PT office visits. It’s been emotionally and psychologically challenging to make peace with everything that’s happening, but it will all pay back in the long run.

Inspired by Derek Sivers’ “now page” which showed up in the great “Own Your Web” newsletter by Matthias Ott, I am back. It only took a year.

I never promised anyone that I would do this every day, but if you’ve missed me, know that it warms my heart a little bit.

I tested negative for covid today!!

I guess that would be the headline, if there was going to be one. I’m still not feeling back to 100%, and it’s hard to put my finger on what is wrong, but a negative test is a meaningful move in the right direction here.

I’ll try to do a better job of keeping up with these, as it helps me organize my thoughts about the day. I haven’t established a great habit of when I’ll sit down and do it, so perhaps I will do that for myself. I think 4pm feels like a good moment in time to just jot things down.

Haven’t been updating my status here for a few weeks and it felt like time to reflect for a few minutes and post something.

It was a mixed bag of a day. Maybe I say that because I fail to make plans and therefore feel unsure about whether the day was “a success,” which seems like something to reflect on in general.

I honestly can’t believe that it’s December. How is it December already?

I ran the gauntlet today.

I began the day with a cold walk to the bus stop with the kiddo, then a leisurely stroll around the town center. Cold, but good to get the body moving and appreciate the warm indoors all the more.

It was a rather eventful Tuesday. No real breakthroughs on my client-creation reflections, but I did have three positive interactions today and sometimes that’s all you can really ask for two days before Thanksgiving!

Kiddo woke up with a low fever this morning, triggering a cascade of routine changes that basically blew my whole day away. Add to that my festering commitment to the daily tasks I had laid out previously and you have yourself the ideal conditions for playing Vampire Survivors for most of the day.

I had a client session this morning, which turned into more of a working session in a shared document, and I struggled a little to balance a coaching approach with just being my usual opinionated but helpful self. Value was delivered, a goal was met, and everyone left happy, so this is good.

It was a good day! I had three great interactions:

I think it’s mostly in my head, but I feel like I’ve run out of spoons. I think it’s the solo dadding, or maybe I’m making excuses, but I couldn’t see clear to get much done today.

What is Monday?

I went to bed last night with a mild throat discomfort and got it into my head that I was getting another cold. Since the kid’s been in public school and everyone has basically stopped masking, it’s been like a parade of illness.

Started the day off right: overslept, then forgot to take the kid to his swim lesson. I blame the severe change in routine of being in “solo dad” mode and feeling, well, a little overwhelmed.

“Solo dadding” day 1 of 5. Watched approximately too much YouTube, went to Monster Mini-Golf, hit the biggest local playground, and we’ve got Nacho Libre queued up for later. It’s still early, but I’m going to call it a success.

Ah, Veteran’s Day. Schools are closed on Veteran’s Day, which means that not much else gets done.

No houses burned down in my neighborhood today, so I’m calling it a win.

I had my last coaching session (for now) with a great client, which is always a bittersweet thing. I’m glad to be of service, and that all the major issues are resolved, but it’s also a little sad to part ways.

Today was spent mainly on two things: this week’s newsletter article, which is part two of a two-part series on meetings; and chatting with the group in Robert Ellis’ “Coaching from Essence Master Coach Program.”