[BH 6/n] Summer review, la rentrée est proche

Writing ad-lib this morning after some wonderful and sometimes overwhelming summer fun.

  • meditation retreat - mixed ultimately insightful if not clarifying 🧘🏼‍♂️
  • great early summer 7am-11am “do outdoor chores” routine 👨🏼‍🌾
  • no Aircon in the car unless it’s a long journey
  • main Aircon at 27 or 30 (was 21 last year)
  • (with hindsight) ENT troubles 😩
  • girls have been off
  • no more 5h30 wake up 🥳🙏🏼
  • morning 7-11 routine dropped, too hot 🥵
  • helped a mate move home (in the heat of summer!)
  • started smoking again 🤷🏼‍♂️
  • had a weekend camping in Catalonia 🏕️
  • friends have stayed for 10 days 🥳
  • sleep average bombs from 8h30 to 6h
  • girls have gone to England
  • mega focus to complete Data Science and Big Data modules, only ML left 🤓
  • spare time included looking at the double split experiment again - this time from 1964 Freyman lecture - significant change in my opinion of what it means. 🤓
  • Sophie and I have gone hiking for 5 days ⛰️🏔️🗻
  • quit smoking again ✌🏼
  • Bath mini-reunion (needs to happen again) 😅
  • 2 nights in the UK to see close and bonus families whilst picking up the girls ❤️
  • final year project review looks like my intentions are taking better shape 🤓
  • ramped up activity via Big McGill 3 and walking 💪🏼
  • got the right kit to deal with ENT issues 🤗
  • 15th wedding anniversary in the beautiful Lourmarin ❤️
  • hit 100kg 😬🫣
  • met more independent researchers

In progress now:

  • Scikit-learn course as it has a lot of cross over with the Machine Learning module
  • Cohere Labs ML-Agents research
  • Machine Learning module
  • Prep for meetup/conferences in September
  • Post-Masters planning (need to earn more soon!!)
  • which means light job/opportunity searches
  • being active
  • strength and mobility

What’s happening for la rentrée ?

  • 7h starts as Clémie has changed school
  • Taxi de Papa will start up again!
  • The rest is still to be figured out!

What have I (re)learnt:

  • mountains are amazing for Sophie and I
  • should have taken a day or two off when the kids started the holiday and done something fun together
    • a. because it is cool
    • b. help us to get on the same page about summer life
  • mountains are amazing
  • staying in touch with mates and family is soul food
  • probably be great to hike a mountain every 6-8 weeks
  • I can better handle this heat (still a way to go)
  • I like independent research

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