Now - October 26th 2015

I used to do snapshot posts a while ago of what was on my mind and what I was working on. I read Shawn Blanc's Now page, which refers to Derek Sivers Now page, so I'll put mine up periodically. Link in the sidebar or these posts. I've added a category of Now so I can find them again.

Reading: (updates and archives here) Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" (working through this in work with two people I'm mentoring) Kate Fox "Watching the English, second edition" (a slow read) Marcus Aurelis "Meditations" (feels like this is the source book for a lot of others I've read)

The To Read queue is getting unweildy, I might use Blinkist to knock some of these out if they're available.

Knitting:Second of two hats as a wedding present for a friend Orange Feather and Fan scarf Really need to finish the Jackeroo cardigan, it has POCKETS. So many pieces of women's clothing are lacking a functional pocket.

Thinking about:My 2015 NaNoWriMo novel plot, with AI and genetic algorithms, my 11th NaNoWriMo novel A Core Curriculum I'm building (inspired from this Shawn Blanc post) using a Levenger Circa notebookHow to start and maintain a daily sketching habit How to learn enough JavaScript to create a simple, deliberately broken website How to run a team of 30 software QA people in 3 offices across 2 states without micro-managing them Stoicism Creativity

Workouts:Strength and endurance training at the gym, definite improvements since June in lunges, wall-sits, planks and kettlebell swings (20lb weight) Training for black belt in Chinese Kenpo at Tracy's Karate, several black belt techniques still left to learn.