Now - October 2025
I published the new version of this site, so I guess we’re officially live. That’s exciting! I always feel good about new starts, though maybe I should start to feel good also about continuing older efforts. I am working on that.
At work, we are trying to expand the team even more, bringing into my organisation the processes and operations for managing incidents at a bigger scale. That’s super interesting. In general, I’m really excited and proud about all the new things we’re working on at Satispay (there’s a lot of new cool things coming up, and I can’t wait to tell you about them).
Q4 started fully, and at home that means warm tea, roasted chestnuts and mushrooms, and wearing a jacket. I like warmth, but I feel pretty grounded by autumn. Shorter days feel hugging in a very specific and weird way to me.
I started to learn Arabic, I am losing some weight and running almost consistently. We’ve been hiking a whole bunch over weekends, and being in nature feels good.
Maybe the point isn’t to finish things, but to stay curious while they’re unfinished. Some things never quite finish either. Loss doesn’t disappear, for example. It hurts, but on a different plane I like that idea, there’s room to breathe in it.
Let’s see if I can keep this rhythm going.
Goals
Here’s where I’m aiming at:
- Creation: I’m continuing to write in October. Here on this website
- Learning: I started learning Arabic on Preply. My teacher, Reem, is patient and fun and brilliant. I’m focusing on the alphabet and pronounciation for now.
- Environment: Still decluttering and tuning my workspace. Going for fewer tabs, clearer desk, more light. I want the space to invite focus instead of fighting it.
- Fitness: I’m eating more mindfully and losing a little weight.
- People: I’m reaching out to distant friends I had for decades yet sometimes feel far away.
On my mind
How to Take Smart Notes
“Once a democracy reaches the point where liberty is loved above all else, there comes a time when, drunk with freedom, it will elect bad leaders, people who don’t really know how to run a country. Now, unless those bad leaders keep catering to the people, the people will feel the sting of bad leadership and will eventually come to hate their leaders as evil oligarchs. The people will look at people who still support these leaders as willing slaves and good-for-nothings but those same people, in public and in private, will praise new leaders that behave like they the subjects do and makes them them the subjects feel like rulers.
When a country reach this point, freedom truly becomes the end all and be all of the state. The usual norms of society start to break down: children dominate their parents, parents act like children, shame no longer has any sway on people, students lose respect for their teachers, teachers care more about flattering their students than teaching them, and so on.”