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Updated: (What is a “now page”?)

In this period, I am:

Settling down

I recently moved, and I’m taking some time to do stuff in the house.

Since I’m renting, it doesn’t make sense to do major works. I’m mostly just moving stuff around, trying to make the place cozy and comfortable for myself.

In the past 5-or-so years, I’ve lived in about 10 different houses (without counting the “nomadic” times). But this time I hope to… well, settle.

Not forever, of course, but maybe I’ll be able stay put for a few years?

Assessing educational projects

Technically, the actual job title would be Junior Expert on Quality Assessment.

In a nutshell: I rank Erasmus+ grant applications and provide written feedback to the applicants, in collaboration with the Italian Youth Agency.

As the job title implies, I am still quite new at it. We’ll see how it goes.

Teaching stuff in person

I teach IT & Communication in training courses mostly aimed at people who are currently not working and want to build skills to become more employable.

(I’m not sure how these courses are called in English, maybe vocational training courses? Or something along those lines, I guess.)

And I also started giving private guitar lessons again, that’s a lot of fun!

Teaching Italian without teaching Italian

I help people practice my beautiful native language through one-to-one conversations, 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.

If you want to learn or improve your Italian, feel free to reach out. I’m afraid you can’t opt out from bad jokes, though.

Freelancing as a Simplicity Web Coach

When I started out, I thought that a made-up job title could be a way to stand out. So I have appointed myself as a Simplicity Web Coach, because my goal was (and is) to simplify people’s web sites through coaching and consultancy.

Now it feels a bit too salesy, and mostly unnatural. I want to drop it for a simpler and clearer Web Communication Advisor (and I would also like to redesign the website, but admittedly that’s not much of a priority right now).

To be fair, I’ve been putting this job on hold lately. I mean: when you are a freelancer, you freelance 24/7. But I’m not actively looking for projects or customers (and that’s also why I don’t feel the pressure to update my website).

But hey – if you’re curious, you can still visit my business website.

(Oh, and by the way: even if you’re not a techie, you can still make a simple blog like this one (or even simpler).

But if you’ll take my advice: no DIY for your business. Not having a website is better than having one that screams unprofessional. Forewarned is forearmed!)

Neglecting this poor blog

As always, I have plenty of interesting ideas. But I can’t find the time and energy to “just” sit down and write.

There are also a lot of changes I’d like to make. Some small, some big.

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

Selling stuff and decluttering

Over the last couple of years, I’ve been selling or even giving away for free a lot of things I no longer need.

A lot more just need to be disposed of, but before I do that I want to digitize anything that has any kind of sentimental value.

I find this process both time consuming and somewhat emotionally taxing, mostly due to my attachment and even eco-guilt. So I tend to procrastinate a lot.

And to be fair, it never super urgent, so I guess that’s another reason why I put it off. But I’m a bit tired of having this in my todo list.

Taking care of myself

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

Though I could always get better at self-maintenance, I’m consistently journaling, meditating, and starting each day with gratitude.

The next step would be to incorporate physical activity on a more regular basis.

Living in the south east of Italy

…until I move again, I guess? Hopefully not too soon, this time! 😜️