Some of my thoughts for 2022 and what I want to get done: If I aim for a cello grade each year, my grade four exam will be coming up in May. However, my teacher has injured herself, and won’t be doing any more teaching this year. So, unless I can find a new teacher here on the Sunshine Coast, I know it will be difficult to pass this exam. I’m going to take another crack at a low-FODMAP diet for 8 weeks....
First week of part-time work So, I’ve now spent a week only working 4 hours a day instead of 8. It’s been pretty nice to not wake up to an alarm, start late, and finish my work on 2 PM. It’s given me more time for exercising, baking, and Warhammer painting, to name a few. I don’t know if I’m actually sleeping better, or my stomach feels any better, but it’s a much nicer state, mentally....
Time for a change I have been struggling for a long time with gut issues and bad sleep. Part of it may be due to stress, part is genetics, and part is my lifestyle, I’m sure. After many doctors and tests over the past seven years, I’m trying a few more different things. For one, cutting out almost all gluten from my diet for six months on the advice of the GP....
So many false starts with my health and career development. I will try create a regular habit to write here. What I’ve been doing The aim is to write about whatever problem I’m trying to solve at work, whether I think it’s interesting or not, as well as new habits I’m trying, and interesting things I’ve baked. We’ll see what comes up. What has actually happened since 2020-05-02? Well, I finally got those in-person cello lessons, and I actually passed my grade 3 exam the other week....