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Updated: (What is a “now page”?)

In this period, I am:

Freelancing as a Simplicity Web Coach

Yes, that’s a perfectly valid job title. Not made up by me at all! 😜

My goal is to simplify people’s web sites through bespoke coaching and consultancy. In practice, this often translates to a simple website that help them communicate who they are and what they do – saving time, money, and energy.

All of that doesn’t really matter if you’re not doing business. Pretty much everyone can just make a simple blog like this one (or even simpler).

But for anyone who cares about their bottom line and their peace of mind, hiring an expert to streamline their online presence can be a great investment (while also fixing – or preventing – costly mistakes).

For more information, you can head over to my business website.

Teaching Italian without teaching Italian

I help people practice my beautiful native language through one-to-one conversations plus active listening (and sometimes bad jokes).

Kinda like the TEDx Teaching English without Teaching English, but with Italian.

Another difference is that Roberto Guzman is a full professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla Campus, while I am but a humble galactic hitchhiker.

So, if you want to learn or improve your Italian, feel free to reach out: I can take on a couple more students. I’m afraid you can’t opt out from bad jokes, though.

Giving classes and workshops

I teach IT-related stuff in vocational training courses.

I sometimes lead workshops and Citizen Science activities for kids, young people, and adults and kids in the context of European or local projects.

As an example, last year I helped a group of young people (aged between 20 and 30) make DIY air quality monitors and present the project results.

If you’re curious, check out “ScienziAria” archive page (Italian only) or a short video tutorial on YouTube (English subtitles available).

Trying to understand what to do next

The heading says it all. I’m so unsure that I don’t even know what to write.

Basically, I am considering moving abroad for about 6 months. But I’m not sure.

It mostly depends on how life will unfold in the next weeks, I guess. We’ll see!

Blogging here and there

Well, not nearly as much as I would like. But I do still have plenty of ideas, and a few notes that may become blog posts. I’ll “just” have to sit and write.

Also, there are a few other blog-related things I’d like to do. Time will tell.

A day may come when I actually get around to doing it, but it is not this day! ⚔️

Selling stuff and decluttering

This has been a bit on hold to be fair, but I’m trying to get back to it now.

I started over a year ago, and I still have lots of stuff I’d like to find a new home for. Since most of it was (and still is) good condition and potentially useful, at first I was trying to sell it. But I found out it’s pretty time consuming and not always worth it, especially when the resale value is low.

So I’m starting to give things away for free or, if I can’t do even that, I’ll toss them (which I hope to avoid because it’s not sustainable and it makes me feel kinda bad – but I also feel I want to let go of stuff I no longer need).

At the same time, I want to digitize anything that has any kind of sentimental value (but going through this process is somewhat emotionally taxing and time consuming, so I tend to procrastinate that a lot).

And to be honest, none of this was ever super urgent, so I guess that’s why I was putting it off. But I’m tired of having this in my todo list.

Taking care of myself

I’m keeping up quite decently with my daily meditation routine. I could do a bit better with exercise, but I’ve had way worse periods so I won’t complain.

It’s easy to forget about self-care (at least for me). So, here’s reminder:

Living in the south east of Italy

…until I move again! 😜️