David Journal

Tag: work

  • Big changes

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    After three days at me staying home at least part of the time, I got back to a regular schedule today and Laura took over the new normal schedule of getting the kids out the door including driving Enoch to school. At work there were big changes too as first thing in the morning I…

  • A Turning Point

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    Emma woke me up a couple of times last night and after the second time for some reason I began remembering the time period when she was born – March of 2013 – and felt the need to record those memories. During the first months of 2013 I was commuting from Bountiful to Lehi to…

  • Success despite obstacles

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    I managed to have a successful day despite everything planned and unplanned that I had to work through. I worked from home to be able to do lunch with Noah and meet with school officials regarding Ezra. That was all fine but we had to throw in Addie getting sick so that she couldn’t come…

  • We have a winner!

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    I felt like I hit the jackpot again at work today. During our sprint retrospective when we were talking about what to have for the goal of our next sprint I proposed what I felt was a good first step – defining or process more accurately. Rob Anderson, who I have hardly dealt with (he’s…

  • So much to do

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    Today was a “go all day” day. Laura and I split soccer games, I went shopping twice (because of a game), cleaned out the garage, and started converting some closet walls (the mobile wall/shelf things I made for the girls when we put them in the basement) into bunny hutches. Similarly, Laura got our room…

  • Consider the options

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    Tonight Laura and I actually discussed radical options to change or situation ranging from new nanny hours (again) to selling the van (replacing it with a minivan) to moving to a new house (in Bountiful, but using our equity to pay off substantial debt). It made for some interesting paths. I worked today in the…

  • The operating principle of this household

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    Today was another case where I keenly felt the operating principle for how our house runs. To put it briefly, other people (Laura, the kids, extended family, DCFS, the schools) complain that things aren’t right here then the complainers stand back and request me to expend more time/money/energy to make the situation better. It’s no…

  • New beginning

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    I did my first day at Willis Towers Watson. Apparently my first week will be largely in the southern part of the county. I plan to clarify soon that I was hired for the Salt Lake office. Considering that the bill of the work is done remotely as teams are geographically separated it shouldn’t matter…

  • Job offer

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    I didn’t expect to hear back from Willis Towers Watson so soon. I anticipated that there would be a few days, even a couple of weeks, before they made a decision. I was surprised when my phone rang by 9:15. Melanie told me that the feedback to that point was “overwhelmingly positive” and that she…

  • Interview two (3)

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    Today I interviewed with another product owner manager as well as the product owner who I would share responsibility with if I get the job at Willis Towers Watson and leaders of the software development and information technology departments. Because they are looking for someone to take ownership over the IT support group and because…