After the last fortnight where after hours work reigned supreme, I decided to not do any extra work and turn off my phone this weekend. It’s been blissful!
We recorded a new episode of the randInt() podcast and I finally am getting on top of the various workflows required. One thing I’m realising is that all these “little hobby projects” are starting to add up to a LOT of time required.
Take this newsletter for example. So far, I’ve spent about 1.5hrs going through my notes and finding something interesting and useful. Then taking the images, uploading and formatting takes another half hour or so. Finally, I write this section which takes about another 30mins to do. So in total, somewhere between 2-4hrs every weekend.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the process and especially love getting feedback via email or in person a lot. This plus the recording, editing and uploading of podcasts and random videos has meant that my primary “hobby” of photography has not received as much attention lately. I’ll have to find a way to rebalance these things…
On the note of rebalancing, after taking some time and catching up on sleep, I’m finally out running again and therefore taking photos too. Melbourne has had quite a variety of photo conditions lately with a lazy Autumn haze on Friday morning, warm weather on Saturday turning into the rain as I write this. It’s been good for variety of photos!
Chandra received his DJI FPV drone this week too. We had to take it for a spin, but I brought my Mini 2 since I am terrible at FPV flying.
I gotta say, in normal mode, it’s quite fun to fly FPV. It really feels like you’re floating up there in the sky! There was even a flock of birds up in the sky and the drone did an admirable job of being nimble enough to weave through. Now, I didn’t think it was recording but I was assured it was. It wasn’t and hence we have no footage of it. It was one of those moments that brought a smile to my face, so maybe I do need to get one myself?
I’ve also been experimenting with a Dexcon G6. It’s a remote glucometer that tracks my sugar levels in real time. It’s been quite useful to see the spikes with diffferent foods and also the crashes that lead to hunger. A fun little experiment, even if it means a patch stuck to my belly!
Lastly, the cats have been very very cuddly lately. Maybe due to the cold weather? They’ve also been lapping up the sun. Here’s Luna being all classy in her spot in the apartment…
