Half way through the first week of my sabbatical.
Yesterday involved some baking with Lucie – a rather lovely lemon drizzle cake (I went heavy on the lemon so it has quite a zing to it). See the image below for how it turned out! Otherwise, it was a relatively quiet day.
Today, we met one of my brother-in-laws and his wife at Chatsworth House (or rather the farm and the surrounding grounds).
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So, I’m minutes (in terms of how long I’ve been awake) into my sabbatical. Needless to say, I’ve not done much so far.
I got back from a team meetup yesterday, tired and spending most of my time unpacking and catching up with family.
But what are my immediate plans?
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Back in 2020, I bought a Ford Puma, not long after Ford had released it. Now, 2 years later, I have the newest edition.
Each time I’ve bought the highest specified model that I could but that has shifts in the last 2 years – e.g. the Vignale range for the Puma has been released, improving on the ST-Line X, which I had before.
But I thought, where I could unpick it, try and identify what’s changed in the intervening years, which doesn’t appear to be down to the model changes. I can’t guarantee all of this will be accurate, as a result, but I’ll give it a good try.
So, what have Ford changed on the Ford Puma?
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When I posted previously about my plans, I was pretty “meh” about the whole idea of the sabbatical. I understood its advantages and everything else but, maybe because it was still a way off, I got no feels from it.
But that’s changed. I’m excited and I’m ready.
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Since becoming a Lead at WordPress VIP, Slack has become even more a distraction.
Based on feedback from fellows Leads, tips I read on LinkedIn and things I’ve simply just tried myself, I’ve got these down to a point where I’m happy. And I thought I’d share what I’ve learnt.
One thing we have to consider is which notifications we actually want. After all, as a Lead in a fully remote company, if a member of my team needs for something urgent, that’s the primary way for them to reach me.
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