diff --git a/content/_now.md b/content/_now.md index 440b0e6..fd54579 100644 --- a/content/_now.md +++ b/content/_now.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ date: 2024-04-04T12:42:15+02:00 description: What is Bram Willemse doing now? url: /now/ featured_image: - src: images/now/bram_willemse-cat_eefje-2023.jpeg + src: images/now/bram_willemse-now-liguria-italia-2024.jpeg parent: title: Bram url: "/" @@ -14,23 +14,22 @@ parent: ## Keeping busy -- **I have started work at [Bidfood](https://bidfood.nl)**, a Dutch hospitality wholesale company, part of a bigger international enterprise. -- **I have been running [Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/ "Read about Home Assistant")** on a Raspberry Pi for a while now. It's a great open source operating system for my smart home. It makes paid, cloud-based services like IFTTT a thing of my past. Great fun! -- **My girlfriend recently moved in with me.** 💜 Which still brings enough DIY jobs to do in the house and garden for the time to come, like: a garden shed (for bikes and tools), a sliding wall to separate our sleeping space from the rest of the house and more. +- **I have been working as a product owner at [Bidfood](https://bidfood.nl)**, a Dutch hospitality wholesale company, part of a bigger international enterprise. I will be helping them transition to a whole new e-commerce platform. ## Personal development -- On a bi-weekly basis **I am meeting up with my Mastermind group** with 2 befriended colleagues. We help keep ourselves and each other accountable for our personal development goals and discuss themes we run into while doing so. -- **I am currently reading** [Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9833.Blind_Willow_Sleeping_Woman "Read about Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami on GoodReads") by Haruki Murakami (one of my favourite authors), [The Culture Map](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22085568-the-culture-map "Read about The Culture Map by Erin Meyer on GoodReads") by Erin Meyer, [Why We Sleep](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep "Read about Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker on GoodReads") by Matthew Walker, [The Professional Product Owner](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133269-the-professional-product-owner "Read about the Professional Product Owner by Don McGreal on GoodReads") by Don McGreal. +- **I am currently reading** [the Kingsbridge series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/60161-kingsbridge "Read about the Kingsbridge series by Ken Follett on GoodReads") by Ken Follett, [the Shattered Sea series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/108746-shattered-sea "Read about the Shattered series by Joe Abercrombie on GoodReads") by Joe Abercrombie and [the Stormlight Archive](https://www.goodreads.com/series/49075-the-stormlight-archive "Read about the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson on GoodReads") series by Brandon Sanderson. I'm eating fantasy for breakfast! 🤓 +- **I still want to finish**[The Culture Map](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22085568-the-culture-map "Read about The Culture Map by Erin Meyer on GoodReads") by Erin Meyer, [Why We Sleep](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep "Read about Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker on GoodReads") by Matthew Walker, [The Professional Product Owner](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133269-the-professional-product-owner "Read about the Professional Product Owner by Don McGreal on GoodReads") by Don McGreal. + ## Keeping calm & fit -- I **started bouldering** in 2021 and I love it. I try to do it twice a week and I've been climbing up until 6A+ levels. -- **I run**. After spending most my energy in keeping calm through a crisis and a home renovation, I steadily crawled out of my running slump since 2020. No ambitious plans, but a healthy focus on getting fitter and fitter and running longer and longer distances. After some injuries and COVID (again) end of 2023, I aim to get in marathon form again and to run the Utrechtse Heuvelrug Trail (UHT) at least once. You can follow my progress on [Strava](https://strava.com/athletes/bramwillemse "Follow my training progress on Strava"). +- I **started bouldering** in 2021 and I love it. I try to do it twice a week and I've been climbing up until 6B levels recently. +- **I run**. After spending most my energy in keeping calm through a crisis and a home renovation, I steadily crawled out of my running slump since 2020. No ambitious plans, but a healthy focus on getting fitter and fitter and running longer and longer distances. After some injuries and COVID (again) end of 2023, I aim to get in marathon form again and to run the Utrechtse Heuvelrug Trail (UHT) at least once by 2024's end. You can follow my ups and downs on [Strava](https://strava.com/athletes/bramwillemse "Follow my training progress on Strava"). - **I am practicing yin yoga again**, after finding an awesome Amsterdam yoga school called [Tula Yoga](https://www.tulayogastudios.nl/). It's a great contrasting exercise next to running and bouldering. -*This page was last updated on in Amsterdam, the Netherlands*. +*This page was last updated on in Amsterdam, the Netherlands*. ## Want to connect? diff --git a/static/images/now/bram_willemse-now-liguria-italia-2024.jpeg b/static/images/now/bram_willemse-now-liguria-italia-2024.jpeg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1cb8da2 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/images/now/bram_willemse-now-liguria-italia-2024.jpeg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:75372e53b0cb3709c63f4f441be7afedc0e809dd8a4702b940e73a8a1623890e +size 2354787