Cheers!
Hope everything good with the family, Ben, Corona and all. (Noticed you saying something about reducing your position. Spurred by this immediate situation or just the weight of the general time squeeze?)
We’re good!
Before all this kicked off, we had decided to switch our lifestyle to that which better suits our values. I had been working all hours and bringing both work and stress home. My wife already worked part-time and, by her going up a day, it meant financially that I could step down and cut back to a four day week. Our initial plan is for me to spend that time and emotional energy on the family and, in time, carve out new side gigs and projects.
Due to the notice periods that I have to give, this isn’t actually effective until September but the lockdown and, later on, summer holidays are giving me time to unwind and adjust! I’ve been spending time doing up the house and garden, sorting out our finances etc. Although financially we’ll be no worse off, I’m looking to cut down our expenses - one of which is booze!