Now · Tom Bower

It's my birthday today, which feels like a much better time to pause and reflect on the last year compared to New Year's Day. Putting together goals for the year ahead - the last in my 20s.
Foraging season is in full season at the moment, and I've been loading up on buckets of blackberries, apples, pears, wild plums, and elderberries. I have been experimenting with other ways to preserve this produce in addition to copious amounts of jam and chutneys - blackberry ketchup has been a surprising success (and blackberry shrub, while unusual, is growing on me).
Putting the final touches on the itinerary for my upcoming trip to Thailand.
Just came back from a wonderful three-day weekend up in Scotland celebrating some of my close friends getting married! The event was absolutely spectacular from the Chinese banquet to the golf course lodge and beautiful country house setting for the wedding.
Haven't had much time as of late to work on personal projects outside of work and life admin, so hoping to start carving out some more time by being more disciplined with timings going ahead.

This page is inspired by Derek Sivers’ “Now” page, and is meant to be a snapshot of what I'm up to at the moment. You can view my older iterations of this page in the links below.