Now Archive: May 2022

  • 4th May 2022
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Happy Star Wars Day! I don’t have any Star Wars stuff to post this year. Instead, this is my Now page for May 4th 2022. For my current Now page, go here.

  1. Closing out my Mom’s life
    On April 30th, what would have been her 72nd birthday, the celebration of my Mom’s life went really well. Plenty of friends & family, old an new, came in from all over the country to be there. I’m glad for that, and though I’ll probably never stop missing my Mom, it was helpful to me to help others find closure and be there for each other. I’m currently still driving back from Oregon, in my Mom’s car that’s full of my Mom’s stuff, and even though it’s been months since she passed, I still have lots of Mom details to continue working through. Financial, legal, and maybe finally more emotional too.

  2. Buying an Airplane
    Right before leaving Utah for this trip a week ago, I made an offer on to buy a plane. More news to come, don’t wanna jinx it. But I think it is THE best plane I could get for Denise and I to continue learning to fly in, and have a few years of great adventures in as well!

  3. Speaking at Conferences Again
    This time at HR conferences instead of L&D ones. No, I won’t be at ATD or Learning Solutions this year. But yes, I will be at Empower HR Tech Americas and The #1 Conference for HR, Learning & Recruitment Leaders, Unleashed America. Prepping for both and looking forward to seeing what this world is like.

  4. Musing about Work
    I’m coming up on two years in my role as Global Learning Technology & Analytics Manager at ConvaTec. It’s been good, and it’s been challenging. Lately I’ve been struggling to see a way out of some of the persistent challenges inherent in my role, and inherent in the nature of the company. I’d never worked with a manufacturing like this before, or with a global medical solutions provider. When I jumped in, it was all in. I honestly thought I might never leave. Now I’m wondering what two years from now will look like. Will I be in a different position in the same company? Or another company? Or back to mine? Or something totally different? I’m not making any sudden moves, just contemplating the next ones.

  5. Catching Up
    Or trying at least. I’ve gotten really behind on too many things and have been overwhelmed a lot lately. Things are slipping, important things. In this month of May I’m trying to carve out some time to get back on track, and maybe sleep enough. That would probably help a lot.

And that's all the Now that's fit to print.