Hey, I'm Zinzy, a diarist and designer from Amsterdam working in healthcare technology. This website is a home for soft stances, lived experiences, and critical notes on the things I hold dear. I've been yelling at Internet clouds since 1997.

Week 48: Two feet

For this week’s weeknotes I’m trying something new with sections, inspired by Tracy Durnell. Overall, week 48 was great: I had a few important wins in the health department, and overall I leave it feeling confident, optimistic, and loved.

Three wins

  1. After 34 days, I retired my cast and got an aircast!
  2. I’m finally able to learn to walk on two feet again
  3. I’ve been enjoying my Miracle Morning routine

Stuff I did

  • 8 hours on both Thursday and Friday confirmed what I had hoped: I finally feel energetic and proactive enough to get back to work.
  • Organized my workload to get reacquainted: what was I doing? Why do I care about this company? Why do I care about my coworkers? A nice Get Well Soon card helped tremendously.
  • Began planning for a little getaway to Paris with Anja and Lemonade.
  • Finished writing my letter to Mathilde, which had been a long time coming.
  • Ordered a muzzle and foldable travel crate for Lemonade.
  • Ordered the New Zealand Prayer Book.

Consuming

  • Doing my best to get in four Bible chapters a day.
  • Started reading a chapter a day of Live with Intentionality as part of my morning routine. Feel weird about the fact that it’s self-published by someone unknown to the Internet. It’s a helpful, concise read, though.
  • Trying to exchange reading the news for reading IndieWeb RSS feeds in the morning.

Learned

  • Soporific (adjective): sleep-inducing (from nytimes.com)
  • That, if sleep-deprived enough, I’ll find myself becoming a boxing specialist overnight as I watch the hours and hours leading up to the soporific match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.
  • Many people mistake narwhals for unicorns, despite their vastly varying physiques.

Appreciated

  • The rendition of “Bread and Roses” in the movie Pride.
  • The rendition of “The Age of Worry” by Madison Cunningham.
  • Anja for taking stellar care of me all the while stating clearly what she needs for herself.