K for Knowledge - There's a whole science and philosophy of what knowledge really is, how we know we've got it, how reliable it is and what kinds of knowledge there are. It's a huge subject to cover properly and I would need a lifetime to do that. So I'm just going to make a couple of points that I hope will be helpful to you in your life and work. 

First, it seems there are different kinds of knowledge. There's factual, mostly scientific knowledge where scientists agree that, for example, there are ten planets in our solar system, the human body is mostly made of water and the coronavirus vaccination does not enable Bill Gates to control you from a distance. This kind of knowledge is reliable (until science finds something better and more accurate, and then they report it). 

'Alternative' facts, on the other hand, are simply not true. Much of what goes around on social media is in this category and is best ignored. 

There are other kinds of knowledge too. For example, how do you know if you love someone? I don't suppose you make a list of things that suggest you do, and things that suggest you don't? Rather, isn't this something you just know, in your heart? English has only one word for these two different sorts of knowing, and maybe other languages do it better. 

So we've got at least factual knowledge and heart knowledge. What might go wrong if we were to mix them up, do you think?

Then we have Knitting. I sort of retired a couple of years ago - that is, I don't now do salaried work, only coaching for private clients, which I like doing. So when I retired, I said to my friends, I'm not just going to sit around knitting, you know! 

But then I thought about it and I realise that actually, knitting is very good for you! It can be very restful in that it's something to do with your hands (so we are less likely to smoke or eat!); if you are any good at it you might get at least a scarf out of it; and knitting patterns certainly make your brain work.

There's more! Can you believe that's there's a whole 'thing' about knitting anatomically correct models of the brain, neurons and so on? This link tells you more. You can even download a whole book of knitting patterns to make crafty models. Apparently people get together to have neural knit-ins - anybody fancy that?

So actually, yes, I do sit around knitting, at least for part of the time!