Personal reflections I've started a little discussion with myself about my routines during the COVID quarantine. First of all, I've started to analyse my actual routine, then I've admitted that even with the best intention id hard to change or even improve our habit. We're habit animals, habit is a solution emerged during thousand of years of evolution, habit safe our life in the savannah. Normally our days is conditioned by great constrains by external agents, our daily or more correctly weekly routines are the outcomes of years of "evolution". Now in this suspended time, most of the external constrain is fallen, and we have the opportunity and the duty to stop to waste our time. I've tried and I fail. I need to admit, I'm a lazy guy but, my Honor I've my generic mitigation circumstances. I have got a family with 3 kids, John Jerry, and Jake Doe, and last but not least my wife. I'm glad to have a big, for the recent Italian standard, family. They fill your life, they could give you unexpected gifts. But time is the most scarce resource, they literally fill your life, some times you need to fight to keep a room for you. And in the time that you saved for yourself, you need to be immediately productive, for a lazy guy for me is very difficult, I need time to do nothing, I need time to waste time. I know it's very selfish, especially in this tremendous time. My company made me a furloughed worker, this does it mean that it's requested that I do nothing, but I'm used to doing, thing, analyse for the last twenty years is not easy. I blame myself but I'm not a home guy, I don't like housework. I collaborate, I clean, I cook, I Clean, I follow my children but I need to do even other things. Don't take me wrong I love taking care of my children, nothing makes me happier or pride than my children. Teachers are used to recognizing that they have an edge, they go beyond what they propose, it's clear that they have grown up in a challenging environment, that my wife and I built during this years.

my quarantine routines After my first notebook of quarantine routines, I've explored only the edges of my routines, fixing the starting point and the ending point. Wake up at last at 8 am and go to sleep at 22 to reserve 1 hour to read something. The first week I didn't follow strictly my new routines. Yes, your Honour, I recognize I'm lazy but I have some reasons: 3 kids, my wife and a house to take care. With my wife, we taking care of the three kids and it's complicated. Here in Italy for the last seven weeks, the schools have been closed. The govern, the teachers and the manager are completely unprepared to this. Every school, in the last years, waste money on different platforms, not updated and not conceived to support distance learning. On this, we should add decades of poor selection of the teachers, no training course and the typical approach to the technology of the Italian Schools. We are used to teaching our children exactly how our parents sixty years ago, in the same buildings with the same media: books and blackboards. I'm furious, ok to be rightful we need to admit that some schools some teacher are good, they updated themselves, but the vast majority of our school system is in a prehistoric age, due to the lack of resources and the unionization of the public sector. The union prefered to lower the level instead of trying different approaches. For example my elder son, he's attending the last year of a secondary school in the last 7 weeks has no contact with his English teacher, this is unacceptable. I'm searching now a teacher on Italky to help him to recover a little bit and reach a minimum level of teaching. There're other aspects that are totally underestimated even by the good teachers in this situation. The distance teaching is completely different, a few teachers are trying to explain some topics, others provide written explanation and avoiding interactions. I'm not an expert when I face a new thing, first I search, I study, I adapt. I'm sorry but I don't see this, even in the good teachers. Ok, this is a long discussion and I will continue this.

Building a routine during quarantine Like everybody in quarantine, I'm wasting my time. I wake up late, I go to sleep late, binge-watching. I have a weekly plan, and I fail every day. I've tried to follow all the good bits of advice you can find on twitter from a wise person, and I failed. Now I need a better plan, starting from a scratch. As well known building good routines is tricky. Firstly, a good strategy start with the small things, wake up at the right time, we can agree a not early time but a reasonable 7:30 am. Secondly, I need to go to sleep at 22:30 to keep some time to read and finish my readings, the bedside table is still full of books and the ebook reader is receiving books every week, I need to increase my reading pace. Ok, we fixed the initial and finish milestone, the I need to fill the time between, I have 17 hours. To cook, eat and clean I need 4 hours. I need to keep my body in shape, keep is a strong word, maybe is more honest to say to start to move and do something. I have got an elliptical exercise bike, I can start to walk at least 30 minutes, then after a week maybe I can add some bedroom workout, I remember 7 minutes workout done by some journalist on the NY Times, I need t recover that article and video. To make it very clear I'm a very lazy guy, I didn't mention that I over-weight and very close to the limit of light obesity. It never happens, but I need to lose at least 12/15 kilograms. Now I've written 280 words, it near my limit, this exercise will continue and it will be part of my daily routines. Finally, I would like to thanks all people that corrected and will correct my notebook.

Coronavirus situation hi All, this is a diary of a day in Quarantine in Lombardy in the North of Italy. we are in the epicentre of the COVID 19 outbreak. I've been working in London since January, I came back every week, but in the last times. I've been locked in London to complete my work to be submitted to the client by the 16th of March. If I went back to the UK I should go to self-isolation for 14 and I cannot work from home. So it was 5 weeks I didn't come back to Italy and left my family alone for almost 4 weeks. My children were away from school for 3 weeks. The day when the work was done, I asked a meeting with one of the big boss, they appreciated the work and we agreed that I can leave London. We agreed also that I'll try to come back to overview the outcome of the project. I was in a harry, but the travel department of the company was already half-closed, and the answers to my request were slowed down. I decided to book the flights with my money then I've asked the way to refound (happy to write, I've reminded myself to recover this money). I booked a flight with Lufthansa, but after a few hours, they cancelled the flight. Then I decided to change the destination to the closes airport to the Italian borders, Geneva. This time the reservation was accepted, then I looked for a train to arrive into Milan, found, booked. (end of part 1)

Presentation of an imaginary project Gentlemen, my name is Rese I'm the CFO of Banana Inc., today I'll explain to you our next project. I need all your attention, so please turn off for ten minutes your mobile, tablet, laptop. Thanks. I would like to start from Aristotele who said: "Quality is not an act, it's ana habit!", this was true 20 century ago and is still true today. As well now in our market company, as usually described composed by silo. It's a trap. We recognised this also in our company and we acted for a long time on it. We study, develop new procedures, engage all our people, from the last graduated to the executive and develop a new culture, eradicating the silo. We developed our mantra: "Nothing left behind!". In a nutshell: we program, manage, act and obsessively check, that before we start new activities all the necessary activities are completely closed. We've already started applying this during the tender, During the preliminary phase, we've already identified a clear strategy to pursue the outstanding result we aim. An amazing team borrow you the best alchemy of experience, competence, enthusiasm and eye on detail you can find in the market for this unique project. Now we would like to show you an example of our plan, we've already identified the list of the necessary sample and mock-up. We'll put in place a strong managing procedure compliant with our program, giving us a clear milestone calendar to guarantee all the delivery.

I relise that there're thousands of English I'm in London since January, I studied English at school many many years ago in Italy with bad teachers and bad method. I've never used English for many years, only in recent year I've started to improve and now I'm working in London. One of my biggest problems is listening. Yes, everybody tells you that it's normal, it takes time and in the following weeks you'll improve. I cannot say that is not improved but sometimes it's something incredible I don't take a word, every time that you met someone you should start from the beginning, even if they change register from office to the pub. I need time, but...

A new chapter I have had some very busy days, and a little heartbreaking, now I’m going to tell you why. Last week my wife Anna started back to work full-time, fortunately in the city where we live. Our routine has changed completely. She used to be the center of the family; sometimes she worked in a law firm, but always in the morning. Now she is gone almost all day. The management of the “troops” has been completely revolutionized. There are three of them, and they attend three different schools, Davide is in middle school, Sara in elementary, and Elena in kindergarten. Then there are extracurricular activities, sports, music, etc. Something’s got to give. Anna’s mom helps us sometimes, but not every day, and I, working at home, manage to plug a few holes, but it’s still a mess. We can only take care of the housework on the weekends. We’ll have to get more organized in the coming weeks.

What does it mean..... What problems do you anticipate while working in your previous job?

The use of "-" Can anyone explain me the use of "-"? Thanks