Five things for the week

1. Nesting

I think it might be time to get an interior designer to come look at our home and give us some ideas. My wife and I are definitely not decorators but we want to find ways to make out home more... well, more like a home. It's all very utilitarian right now.

2. This coming week

Another school term begins (Monday) and work looks to be ramping up in intensity again (which I welcome). I found a pretty good rhythm and balance to getting work done, mostly making sure that I take the time to schedule work on an actual calendar. So, instead of just meetings, I have blocks of work reflected on there. The key, of course, to being successful here to to stick to it! If you have 45-minutes blocked off for a task, do the task. It requires discipline but when done right, it's super effective for me.

3. Read

Workers Love AirPods Because Employers Stole Their Walls - I like reading articles on the modern workplace, especially those that talk about dynamics and issues related to layouts. I found this fascinating because, even though we know why people wear their headphones in working environments, it's still a more complex behavior than we're giving it credit.

As a Mexican-American Woman, I Have a Few Thoughts on Cinco de Mayo. It Could Be So Much More - I don't have anything to add to this; I just think it's important to read.

4. Watched

Street Food - Netflix sure is going full st(r)eam on food shows, am I right? Lame pun aside, I did appreciate this series for the focus on street food vendors and their lives. It wasn't following a host around who was trying different foods, which I find (that format) extremely tiring now. I did enjoy seeing Nikki Tran pop up in the Vietnam episode. I would love to see Nikki Tran get her own series; we could learn a lot from her.

Brené Brown: the Call to Courage - Before watching this, I had no idea who Brené Brown was. I hadn't heard of her TED talk nor her books. I watched this to fill some time between ending work and starting to cook dinner. The message is clear. I don't disagree with any of it. It's difficult and it's very genuine. It's a message that more people need to hear. I'm glad I watched.

Rogue One - I re-watched this (May the Fourth be with you) and I have to say, they got a lot of things right with this. Everything from the look and the feel to the technology they showed (not crazy new stuff that would be out of place in episodes IV-VI), to the characters not being over the top. It's just all really well done.

Game of Thrones, s.8, ep.4 - This show has it's issues (but I like it anyways) and I had many with this particular episode. I didn't enjoy this; in fact, it felt like I watched it out of obligation. Like I had to only to understand what would come next. There wasn't any enjoyment out of it.

5. Listened

Song Exploder: Ep 158 The Cranberries - This episode breaks down the "All Over Now" track which, in context to Dolores O'Riordan's untimely death, adds more weight to this episode, and the track itself.