Oh boy, it’s been a tough month.
It really feels like a lot of the energy has been zapped out of me and I’m just surviving at the moment. I get the feeling that there’s a lot of people feeling like this at the moment? Is it the change in season? Is it that the excitement from the new year has worn off?
I got Covid for the 3rd time in 12 months. I got over Covid to then only get some other virus which has just knocked me about for the last 2 weeks with no sign of getting back to 100%. Is it long Covid? I’m very tired and struggling to get through the days. I’m taking it easy, sleeping heaps, no running, no gym. It’s not exactly my vibe.
I felt really bummed about the announcement from Xero that they were laying off 15% of their workforce. That’s roughly 700 - 800 people. So many old colleagues have been affected and I’m sure, had I of stayed there, I would be in the same boat. I think I have some form of survivors guilt? With the state of the tech industry, is my new role at Culture Amp safe? It’s really weighing on my mind and quite stressful!
It’s not all doom and gloom though, if I look back to when I was feeling 100% I did manage to get a few cool things done.
I ran the Sri Chinmoy Peace Run 10k and was super happy with my result - 51:41.
The morning of the race I felt my throat feeling a bit scratchy, which looking back I’m sure was the Covid. Imagine if I were 100%, perhaps I would have cracked a sub 5k pace! Just before the race I got to meet running legend Robert de Castella. He actually approached me to talk about my Running for Resilience shirt and all the good for the the crew is doing. So cool!
We’ve been hard at work at Alfred. The crew have been cooking up some improvements to the app and I’m pumped to get the changes out into the world, hopefully in the next few weeks. We’ve made it easier for using to find and add their favourite meals, squashed a few bugs and made the UI a bit cleaner. So keep an eye out for that!
Anyway, enough for now. Hopefully April is a better month and I start feeling better. I’m looking forward to the Easter break, that’s for sure.
peace out!
Not the only one feeling a little spent after a rough start to the year, mate.
Hopefully things start to settle all round:
I reckon it's massively because the excitement/gloss to the new year has warn off and now we're in the grind.
Really feel for anyone impacted by layoffs, but I try not to let it get me down because it's outside my control. Prefer to save my energy to be ready to help someone if they ask.
Pumped for the new version too! Should make tracking and re-adding meals so much easier.