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The absurdity of the use of kph

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  First and foremost I apologise (yet again) for such a long gap in between blog posts. The return of freedom over the past year has kept me away from screens. They say it takes 66 days to develop a new habit. Running is a habit I developed over lockdown, but the return to the office (and I intend to never work from home again) and frequenting the pub has reduced frequency of this.  It is, however, not completely bleak for my physical well-being. Cramming a number of social events in after work has led to me doing a lot more walking around central London. I don’t have an Apple Watch, (other brands of smart watch exist), but my iPhone records my steps and a lot of really interesting data on my walking and running. As would be no surprise, I’ve configured everything in metric units. Thankfully, gone are the days where Apple would dictate to you , based on your location, the units of measurement you use. You have a chose whether to specify distances in miles or kilometres. You al

Is it possible to put a value on friendship?

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Lockdown has gifted us the luxury of time. Time to bake sourdough bread. Time to learn a language. Time to shed a few kg. Time to learn an instrument. Time time to read. More realistically, time to watch Netflix. In fact, this luxury of time reminds me of Ecclesiastes Ch.3. Anyone who has been to a church wedding or funeral would have heard it. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh;... I will spare you the rest.   As someone who is often too busy "doing things" rather than thinking about them, the inability to partake in my usual social activities has left me with ample time to think. Time to think about self-improvement. Time to think about the things that really matter. Time to think about the people who really matte