https://old.bill.dev/tags/achievement/ Recent content in Achievement on Bill Glover Hugo en-gb hello@bill.dev (Bill) hello@bill.dev (Bill) Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:27:35 +0100 https://old.bill.dev/notes/2024-01-22_unexpected-complement/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0000hello@bill.dev (Bill) https://old.bill.dev/notes/2024-01-22_unexpected-complement/ <p>A rare moment of pride. My son picked out one of the slips in our family gratitude jar and read it without hesitation. His reading is really coming along. But it was conclusion that had me smiling more than anything:</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Mum your Chinese writing is so good.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote> <figure><img sizes="(min-width: 35em) 1200px, 100vw" srcset=' /notes/2024-01-22_unexpected-complement/gratitude-slips_hu_1d152fcba4ebc4c8.jpeg 500w , /notes/2024-01-22_unexpected-complement/gratitude-slips_hu_a2e1e80fdc73939a.jpeg 800w ' src="https://old.bill.dev/notes/2024-01-22_unexpected-complement/gratitude-slips.jpeg" /> </figure> <p>I have to keep working on it though. His writing (second strip) is catching up fast.</p> https://old.bill.dev/2022/10/14/my-first-marathon/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:13:16 +0100hello@bill.dev (Bill) https://old.bill.dev/2022/10/14/my-first-marathon/ <p>Last weekend I completed the Richmond Marathon in a time of 04:52:11.</p> <p>A colleague once joked that I couldn’t run 10km. First thing the next morning, I got up and ran 10km around the Exeter waterfront. I didn’t do it to prove them wrong, I did it because I believed they were right and wanted to prove myself wrong. Many years later, I set myself a new challenge, to run a marathon. I crossed the finish line slower than I’d have liked, but I made it. This post is my way of celebrating the achievement. It also serves as a collection of notes should I, or anyone else, consider something like this again.</p>