🏫 This is a full-on Monday at work. It really felt like a Friday when I'm ready to log out and run for cover. It was staging cut today. So in the afternoon they made a cut to staging to be a release candidate for tomorrow's prod release. My team found a minor bug relating to my feature -- I had to resolve it immediately to make the release candidate for tomorrow. My mind was set on other simpler tasks. But no, not today. I was offered much bigger and high pressure task to finish right before the day was ending.
My mind was set to leave early, have my PR merged in and work on the next PR. Well that did not happen, plus there are a few more comments in my PR that needs addressing. It'll take time to make it right and submit it to completion. Whew. These things happen, when things don't go according to plan you do the thing that's the most pressing -- needs your attention. Others can sit right behind you while they wait for their turn.
Lunch time was a good when I was still oblivious with the work that lies ahead during the day. As planned, I went to the local bookshop to buy some workbooks for my kids. We noticed that they really lack some concentration and lagging behind their academics. Ask them about youtube -- no worries. They are updated with the latest videos, memes, and life hacks. Ask them about maths, they stare into emptiness as if the answer would miraculously appear in front of them.
It's about time to take it head on and actually teach my kids how to do stuff. Finally learn the concepts that will enable them to be better equipped in life later on. So I bought four books. Two maths books, and two writing books because that's where they really struggle. Each book is appropriate to their grade level.
In the book it was recommended to do one unit a session. Since this is their first time to do this, I'm allowing them to do half a unit. The results were satisfactory as I expected it to be -- but with more practice I do see them catching up and by the end of the month, they will pick it up in no time.
I used to think about stuff:
- What should I be doing?
- How can I earn more money?
- Should I volunteer at opensource?
- Should I join the gym?
- Will I get fired at my job?
- When will we buy our own home?
- When will be become Australian citizens?
- How can we travel to Japan?
- Should I do yoga today?
- Should I jog instead?
- Should I fix the garden?
- Should we start a budget?
Tons and tons of non-sense and also valid stuff in my everyday life. It became apparent that I should be serving my kids. I should look after them and focus on their development. It's always been about me, which stresses me out but I always end up not acting on one thing -- makes me stagnant really. But when I started focusing on my kids -- I know that they need me more than anything, and I can teach them a lot so I could right my wrongs. They would be better equipped in their lives if I teach them what I know.
We just started with their maths workbook. Mistakes were made, I discuss and correct the stuff that they got wrong. They learn. It is in the things you got wrong where really lies the value of learning. You can say that again. Whew. Tomorrow it's writing time. These kids don't know how to write.
🌔 good night