To the recouperation lounge
I remain in recovery mode this week to ensure I am fighting off the current covid infection completely. I still have sore ears and swollen throat and more tired than normal. I am however getting a lot more sleep and not feeling as ill as previous episodes with covid. I have become very experience with managing this condition.
I am applying for engineering manager roles again, a couple of companies a week, mainly through job adverts on LinkedIn.
I am also posting on LinkedIn on the topic of 'AI', trying to include pragmatic conversations around what the (completely overhyped technology) is actually useful for and what people are currently doing with it. It is interesting that through all the hype around 70% of people using 'AI' are not using it for work. Maybe all those recent cat pictures on the internet are fakes.
I continue to find things in my life that I can let go of, making more space in my house and easing a move to a new location when the time is right.
Downsizingλ︎
I have been clearing my life of things I really don't need. This week its cash.
Until last week I hadn't realised I haven't used physical currency (paper and coin) for many years now. My neighbor is afraid of using online banking, although does use a debit card. I arranged a boiler service from a company I trust and the plumber preferred bank transfer rather than cash or check.
It is understandable that people are only using electronic banking, as it is far less time consuming.
My neighbor gave me cash to pay for their service and I had some notes and coins from the last few years that I have never used.
I have a Monzo bank account which does not have a high street presence. I can go to a post office and pay cash into my account, for a fee of 1 GBP per transaction.
So I assembled all my paper and coin money so I can deposit it all at once.
Coins for less than 1 GBP in value must be packaged in 'money bags', plastic reusable backs that have printed on the cover the values accepted for each type of coin:
- 1 pound in either 1 pence or 2 pence coins
- 5 pound in 5 pence or 10 pence coins
- 10 pound in 20 pence or 50 pence coins
- 20 pound in 1 pound or 2 pound coins
I travelled to my local Halifax high street bank (where I still have an account) and asked at the counter for 'money backs' to deposit coins.
I counted all my coins and bagged them up (without mixing coins of different values).
Unfortunately I have about 2.34 pounds that I cant make complete money bags from, so I will have to give that to charity some how.
Thank you.
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