Saturday has been very uneventful. The weather is greyer, which gives me a good excuse to stay in and do some practise exams for my CMA study programme. This past week I finished the 2nd section of part 1, and in order to proceed to the next section I have to score 86% on 50 random multiple choice questions. My first run-through takes about 1.5 hours. I fall short by one question with a result of...

Another week, another Friday. I wake up super early, around 5am, and stay in bed tossing and turning to try and get more sleep. This is a fairly typical pattern, which I attribute the bed’s inadequate support… I think my body just gets too uncomfortable after a few hours, I become restless and then I wake up. When people ask what I miss the most since moving to Ireland, my answer is a...

This afternoon I have another interview/call for the CFO position at OCCRP, this time with their Chief Technology Officer. She’s a British woman, probably around my age or a little older, and has been in her position for a couple of years. The call lasts about 45 minutes and seems to go well, with a candid discussion about the organisation’s opportunities and risks from her perspective. It...