This week we got news that Chris Seaton passed away on the 3rd of December. It has been a very strange
experience watching the whole community grieve together, but I've appreciated the fact that we have done so.
Although I didn't know Chris well, we had a nice chat over a beer at this years Brighton Ruby, and I was
very much looking forward to seeing and speaking to him more.
Some of the community tributes have been lovely, Aaron's, Justin's and Benoit's have particularly stood out.
I was quite surprised with how much it has impacted me. I've not been able to really concentrate for longer
than 20 minute periods, have been close to tears many times, and haven't been able to stop thinking about the family
left behind and draw the parallels with my own family. Very thankful to have the space to talk to my
therapist this week about it all.
Speaking of therapists, I still think that is one of, if not the best, perk of the job working at
Podia. We get unlimited therapy - and whilst I don't have anything major to be
particularly focussing on, it's good to excersise skills of being open, honest, and digging deep into
things.
I haven't made much progress with the side project this week bar a bit of planning. I did install a fresh
instance of Bridgetown to play with as Andrew says it has relations which would be handy. Whether I'll stick with it or not I don't know. It does feel overkill for my needs, but I'm not sure I want to write something myself!