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Adrian Newey leaving?

I haven't talked about it on this site yet, but I follow Formula 1. Although I am nowhere near what I would class a hardcore follower, I have followed for many years. I do not have a favourite team, but I have some drivers that I really like. Namely Valtteri Bottas (increasingly so lately!), Daniel Ricciardo, Fernando Alonso, and Carlos Sainz. I tend to lean more to the technical side of F1. Anyway, I digress. It's been well known for what seems like forever that Newey is the best car designer in F1. Admittedly I mostly know him from Red…
30 April 2024Tags: , , No Comments
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Memory issues

For a while now I have been noticing that my short-term memory is terrible. I'm fairly sure it is due to medication and my, let's be honest, sedentary lifestyle. I can change the latter and I have annual leave coming up from work so I think I will use that as a starting point. There is not really a reason to wait until then, but I find it better to plan it out. I am more likely to stick to it then. As for the former, I am not sure if I can change it, but I am going to…
30 April 2024Tags: , , No Comments
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Mixed emotions

Not long ago we had to say goodbye to our cat Smudge. She was 18 so lived a long life but towards the end she went blind and then started to get confused. When she got confused, she would stop and cry the most pitiful cry I cannot even describe. We reorganised a place for here to stay and tried to keep the layout the same so she could navigate easier. She was ok for quite some months like this but then she started losing weight no matter how much she ate and stopped looking after herself. Not making it…
25 April 2024Tags: , No Comments
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Progress

I am happy to report that the last few days have not seen my mood and motivation drop. I have, however, found that I still need to push a little harder than usual to get started but when I make that push, I quickly begin to fire on (mostly) all cylinders. I am liking this. It has been a while since I found joy in creating and problem solving. I mean, I've always found it interesting but when I have bouts of depression it is like the joy, I normally find in creation grows weaker. Sometimes it is hard to…
24 April 2024Tags: , No Comments
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Better times?

I am probably tempting fate here but these last few days I have been feeling surprisingly good mentally. I am making steps to maintain this. I've started a "diet" so to speak. I am mostly focussing on calorie control at the moment. I will be incorporating more exercise (to take me from my near non existent exercise) so I hope that will also boost me. I'm also finding that I can be more sociable without feeling anxious. Or should I say, as anxious, I am still by no means an extrovert and never will be. However, getting back online and…
21 April 2024Tags: , , , No Comments