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House hunting

We've been viewing some houses in Arnhem. Placing some bids, never winning any. It’s slightly frustrating but that's the current market for ya. However, there are some exciting changes on the horizon. I'm getting more responsibilities at work and with that a slight salary increase. Enough to get a larger mortage and a higher chance getting a place. As you can imagine, we’re both excited and stressed out of our minds.

Writing

I'm currently practicing my writing. I struggle with transitions, as you can probably tell. At least I diagnosed the problem. I’ll practice on two topics I'd like to cover: curiosity and mindfulness.

Thinking about

I'm thinking about how I could benefit a lot from the idea of Standard Operating Procedures. Not in an industrial sense but in life. Inspired by The Checklist article by Atul Gawanda, Rob Hope's Interactlist, and my experience with SOPs on a job related to medical. There is a lot to just ‘walking through’ a document. Perhaps a ‘sunday’ SOP, or things like a cleaning SOP.

Music

I've been obsessed with Shostakovich the past few weeks. Especially his piano pieces. Something about them tickles my fancy. Dissonance, odd times, left field chord changes. Excellent. The Frankfurt Radio Symphony their rendition of his 7th symphony is outstanding, too. Rebellious.