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 title: "What I'm doing Now"
-date: 2021-08-22
+date: 2022-02-18
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 # Work
 
-I joined [Elastic](https://elastic.co) one year ago as a Senior Engineering Manager - changing
+I joined [Elastic](https://elastic.co) mid-pandemic in 2020 as a Senior Engineering Manager - changing
 job during the pandemic felt weird and was emotionally challenging but there isn't any other place
 I'd like to be during these funky times; I can work from home, fully supported in taking care of the
 family (myself included) whenever I need to.
@@ -18,29 +18,29 @@ family (myself included) whenever I need to.
 
 Random stuff that's going on:
 
-- After being on a diet during the whole winter and spring, I touched my lowest weight in May. With the
- lockdown being lifted it was impossible to keep up with a strict diet AND meals with friends and family,
- so I've started relaxing a bit the requirements, so to speak. I keep eating healthy and according to the
- general directions from my nutritionist, I hit the gym 3 times per week, I gained back some weight but
- I feel good and I'm still 7 kilograms below where I started.
-- I'm teaching myself basic financial education, I should've done this 25 years ago but I like
+- After being on a diet during the whole winter and spring 2020/2021, I touched my lowest weight in May 2021.
+ These days I'm not following any strict regimen, I'm more into "good habits" when it comes to food. I
+ took back about 3 kilograms but staying on this weight is effortless at this point.
+- I'm still teaching myself basic financial education, I should've done this 25 years ago but I like
  thinking it's never too late to start doing the right thing.
 - I keep practicing guitar, my gear consists of a [Seagull S60][seagull s60] acoustic guitar and an
  [Acus One Forstrings 5T][acus one] amplifier. I recently acquired a travel guitar, a
  [Crafter Mino][crafter mino] and it's unbelievable how much more I'm playing it compared to the S60. I
  think the fact that's smaller and lighter (along with a great sound and volume) makes super easy to pick
  it up whenever I have a second to sit down.
-- I keep adding notes to my Zettelkasten so I think it's time to use my Zk to write something :)
+- I keep adding notes to my Zettelkasten and I finally used to [write something!](https://dev.pippi.im/writing/sourcing-360-degree-feedback/)
 
 # Inspiring notes
 
+- [_See, managers tell you where you are. Leaders [...] tell you where you're going._][art of leadership]
 - [_Management is not a promotion, management is a change of profession._][charity pendulum]
-- [_You only have this one crazy and precious life. That’s why you owe it to yourself to see who you can become, and how far you can go._][13 things]
 - [_Would you buy a car if it eats 100 liters per 100 kilometers? How about 1000 liters? With computers, we do that all the time._][software disenchantment]
+- [_You only have this one crazy and precious life. That’s why you owe it to yourself to see who you can become, and how far you can go._][13 things]
 
 [seagull s60]: http:https://www.seagullguitars.com/en/products/160-s6-original-qit
 [acus one]: https://www.acus-sound.it/en/one-forstrings/5-oneforstrings-5t.html
 [crafter mino]: http:https://crafterguitars.com/eng/product/product_list.php?catcode=110000#gcode2011100001
 [charity pendulum]: https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum/
 [13 things]: https://medium.com/@zdravko/13-things-you-need-to-give-up-if-you-want-to-be-successful-44b5b9b06a26
 [software disenchantment]: https://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/?utm_source=pocket_mylist
+[art of leadership]: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-art-of/9781492045687/