Argh

Busy, busy, busy I am currently juggling balls with my feet, head, anything I can. I am trying to keep as many GTD habits as I can.

I have a new project at work for which I am the point of contact, therefore keeping on top of all the ’stuff’ that will be thrown at me will be crucial. Using an agenda for each person (a list of things you want to ask them nex ttime you can) is invaluable. GTD seems to be easier at work where everything is task oriented anyway. At home it is easier to avoid any unwanted reminders of actions required!

Congratulations

to all those who passed (CT level) UK actuarial exams this session! You know who you are. And you probably have a hangover this morning.

Or if you’re the kind of person who passed the exams you’re probably studying for the next ones, right?

Results Day

Exam results for the first tier of Actuarial exams in the UK (and NZ, Oz and SA) are published tomorrow. But they will be available from 10 pm tonight on the Actuarial Professions website. Look out for me on the Faculty list. One small clue. I won’t be known as Cranky.

What this is all about

I’ve just updated the blog’s About page. As you might expect it tells you what this blog is about.

There may be one or two of you out there who haven’t discovered Getting Things Done yet. Just for you: take a look at Merlin Mann’s excellent introduction to the subject.

Actuary, actually.

Actuaries don’t have a reputation for an easygoing lighthearted approach to life. This is not necessarily a bad thing. No one wants a slapdash “it’ll be all right… probably” kind of actuary but it doesn’t help conversations at parties.

If, like me, you have gone in search of the actuarial sense of humour you will inevitably come across Actuarial Jokes. Many of the jokes are old, many are simply the same old joke you have heard a hundred times before told about accountants or lawyers, most are not really funny. But all this only makes it that much more appropriate.

And just occasionally it gets it right:

123. The classic party misunderstanding:

• “What do you do for a living?”
• “I’m an actor”
• “Really!! Have you valued any pension funds that I may have heard of?” (submitted by David Harrup)

 

Blogging Actuaries

There don’t seem to be very many Actuaries in the Blogosphere. Is that because we are all working studying and playing too hard? Or is it because we are as anti social as they say we are?

If you come across any blogging actuaries, or even better if you are one, do drop a comment in the box.