Author: Travis Packer
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Reflections from the first few days of a new job
Day One Reflections: The first thing on my calendar is a meeting with our project steward–we go through a number of questions/pieces of advice, but the one that sticks with me is: have fun learning. I take this as my intention for the rest of the day. I’m able to go to my first client…
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What I’m Looking Forward to This Week
I start my new job at The Ready today! Getting back into routines–we’ve been on vacation for the last week in Arizona, which was great, but I’m also glad to: Have salad for lunch Make americanos in the morning, latte in the afternoon Sleep in our own bed Hang out with our dogs Get back…
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What I’m Looking Forward to this Week
I’m sleeping a ton right now–I’ve slept past 9AM every day since I’ve been unemployed–and it reminds me of when I was a teacher and I used to get deathly ill at the end of every semester. I’d be pushing myself as hard as I could, and as soon as my body could take a…
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On Job Searching
As I write this, this is my first day of being unemployed since 2014, where I took two weeks off between teaching and coaching to watch the beginning of the World Cup. (1) I’m in a similar stint now–yesterday was my last day at Teach For America (TFA), and in late April I’ll start work…
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Quick early Thoughts on Elden Ring
Well, that was the title before I got 30 + 50+ 60+ hours in, stopped writing, and forgot to publish this. I wouldn’t say Elden Ring has taken over my life—seriously, there’s been a lot going on the last few weeks[1]—but it has taken up a lot of my free time. In a good way.…
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What I’m Looking Forward to This Week
My wife getting home after a long weekend out of town Working on a project with friends going to Ohio over the weekend to see friends Demolishing Caelid in Elden Ring after getting my ass kicked there when I was probably pretty under-leveled for the region starting Gary Shteyngart’s newish book Coaching Watching more NCAA…
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So what’s it been like taking a week off to play a video game?
Let’s not bury the lede—it’s been great! A few things I’ve learned: At my age, I can really only play about 4 hours of video games a day. Something happens after that—my eyes get tired, I get kind of bored of sitting down, and I just don’t enjoy playing anymore. Playing after that is like…
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On Playing Video Games
On the eve of me taking a week off of work to (mostly) play a video game, and because a friend recently asked me about it, I’ve been wondering the following: What would I say to a younger me about video games? I think it also begs a couple of other questions: What do I…
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Recommended: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Six months ago, we had tornados in the area, and we (Michelle, the dog, and me) found ourselves huddled in the closet, waiting out the warning. I may have said something like “I’d be okay dying like this,” which did not elicit rave reactions. To state the obvious: talking and thinking about death is unpleasant.…
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What I’m Looking Forward to This Week
3 day work week! I have today off for President’s day, and starting on Friday I have a week of vacation! Hopefully sleeping better. I feel much more well-rested today than I did last week. Listening to the new Spoon and Hurray for the Riff Raff records Going to try going on a run Saturday,…
The Minimum Blues 