I’m writing. (As usual.) Business plan. Been my task for the past week. Probably

I’m writing. (As usual.) Business plan. Been my task for the past week. Probably too much detail but then that’s my thing. I like to understand market mechanisms and convey them in both business plans and strategy documents. It creates a common model and language for management teams. I find I stick with my strategy documents a long time after I write them.

I’m sitting under a canopy at a pub, drinking a cappuccino and water with lemon.

I’m surrounded by two bunches of Ukrainan and Russian men drinking beer, smoking, and trash-talking. And loud. Louder than Americans. They’re Indistinguishable from Italians by other than accent, (bad) haircuts, and dress. And different in my knowledge that the amount of verbal nonsense tolerated before a fight in Italy, and the amount of verbal nonsense tolerated before a fight in Ukraine and Russia are inversely related.

So you don’t act irritated in these circumstances. You just roll with the noise, bravado. And in my case, I’m thankful I can’t understand them very well, or my autism would force me to leave rather than endure the idiocy.

There are a LOT fewer fights in Kiev now that the Russians don’t visit. There are more Turks on sex tourism adventures. (It’s no wonder. have you seen their women? ) But in general, I feel much safer here than I do in any American city. I usually carry in the states. I don’t even feel the need to here.

I just make sure I have a bottle or coffee cup nearby.

Just in case.

🙂