Thank you Derek Sivers and MacSparky for the idea of this “Now” page.
I do not like posting my status on social media, but this page gives me a place to check in, like I would when catching up with a friend.
- Updated: March 2026
- AI: I have AI FOMO. Currently using Gemini as main. My most frequent daily use of it is to get YouTube videos and Substack posts summarised. If I am intrigued, I begin a chat with Sebastian my agent (gem) for this specific purpose. Sebastian is Sebastian because of Heidi which I used to watch as a young boy. My other gems are Wren (trained on Warren Buffet and Peter Lynch), Claire (trained on this website), Salman (books and reading club help, no training), Dr Patel (light training on health issues), and Hector (my chess partner). I also use an updated Google Notebook to keep all my finance reports in to ask questions, if I do this with Wren it’s too slow
- Reading: My Classics (fiction) bookclub is on. We just finished Pride and Prejudice and starting The Odyssey now before the new film comes out
- Writing: Got 2 posts I’m working on which might not be completed. One on Dubai which I visited for the first time in September. One on Turin and football (why I don’t like it as much as I used to). Finished editing my wife’s 50th birthday present book, turned out very well. I finished the first draft of my father’s biography
- Music: Regular singing lessons ongoing, regular piano and ear training as well. I no longer take guitar lessons, piano took over but I was hugely motivated by a concert I went to this week (Şakalı Akustik)
- Movement: Still boxing but only once a week these days. Plus some indoor cycling and running around the neighbourhood