Niall Doherty 1 Running late, Google Maps has us driving around in circles, and in the commotion we’re dropping and losing things under the passenger seat. Usually this would stress me out, but instead I announce that it’s all brilliant and we start laughing at the ridiculousness. 2 Driving back from a friendly basketball scrimmage, roads covered …
1 It’s fairly easy to have empathy for people less fortunate than us. But we struggle to have empathy for people more fortunate. And yet they are human too. They may have more money or freedom or whatever, but you can bet they also have demons and challenges. 2 Doing cold outreach, trying to find people …
1 Apparently, from about 1500 to 1800, life expectancy in Europe was between 30 and 40 years of age. Now the world average is about 73 years. In other words, humans have doubled their average lifespan in about two centuries. And I have half my life still to live. 2 I’d argue that entrepreneurship tends …
1 I rarely post personal stuff on social media nowadays. Mainly because I don’t want to spend much time on there. If I post something, I’ll probably get comments, then I’ll feel obliged to respond to those comments, and that doesn’t seem like the best use of my time. 2 I’m something of a stranger …
1 Haven’t left Georgia since the pandemic hit. Aiming to be home in Ireland for a wedding in September, learning how challenging it is to plan travel these days. I’ve now booked 2 round trip itineraries and a 12 night stay in a quarantine hotel. Lovely. 2 The trouble with being human is that you’re …
1 Pleasantly surprised to see that they have a Pride Week here in Tbilisi. But unfortunately there are a bunch of protests against it, and it might escalate to violence. Imagine wanting to beat people up because they love one another. Pure madness. 2 My new thing is watching a movie or TV show and …
1 Growing up in Ireland it was rare enough to see lightening, maybe a few flashes a year. Here in Tbilisi we get prolonged lightening storms a few times a year, flashes every few seconds and the show can last for an hour or more. Like it did last night. 2 A few minutes to …
1 I’ve heard said that kids rarely listen to their parents, but they often end up imitating them. Notice it myself as I get older, patterns of behavior – some good, some bad – similar to my folks. And if you don’t break a pattern, you’ll probably pass it along. 2 Blending a jug of …
1 Haven’t left the apartment in two days. Haven’t needed to, haven’t wanted to. It’s late now, dark outside, sound of a neighbor playing piano. I should get to bed. In the morning I have to finish the newsletter then go find a wheelchair, or crutches, maybe a zimmer frame. 2 I see the Dunning–Kruger …
1 My first memory is visiting my great-grandmother in a nursing home. I would have been 3 years old at the time, she in her 80’s. I don’t remember ever meeting her again. She’d have been 18 or so during the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago. 2 Read recently about a parent who watched …