In January 2025, this is how I am filling my precious days and nights:
I am a research communications project manager at the Duke Clinical Research Institute supporting the coordinating center for the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes project, a major research network funded by the National Institutes of Health. I work from home and the DCRI office in downtown Durham. I like to walk to the coffee shops and record stores on my lunch break. I meet with a coach each week to help me strengthen my managing skills, and I listen each Monday to the podcast Coaching for Leaders.
In May 2023, we moved into a stunning, modern house nestled in the woods across from the home we had previously renovated and occupied here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We designed the house so we could host family and friends for meals and celebrations around the long table made from the blackjack oak we milled in 2019. Anna is in California for a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Malia is back at American University after her fall semester in Madrid, and Oliver is off to a great start of high school.
I continue to play in pick-up games on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings, and I watch English Premier League, Champions League, and other levels whenever my schedule allows. Oliver has developed into a strong player and played on the j.v. team at Carrboro High School.
In 2024, I traveled far and wide. This year, I’m expecting to visit Asheville, Nashville, New Orleans, the Outer Banks, Dublin, and St. Croix. I’ll keep track here month to month.
I’m into my twenty-fifth year of writing my own blog. I also use Micro.blog to post short updates and photos of the turtles and snakes I encounter in the woods around us; see Wan Smol Blog.
Updated 01/07/25 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Inspired by Derek Sivers.
© Anton Zuiker