Koop Daniels (1948-2016)

Notes on week 899


I was attending an awards ceremony on Thursday when I got a text from my wife, telling me my father-in-law had just had an hemorrhagic stroke.

A strong and healthy man, about to turn 68 years old, he’d been sawing baseboards and working in the garden before simply falling off his chair, to never get up again. He was quickly brought to the hospital, where he was in a coma for a couple of days, before passing away on Sunday afternoon. We are all extremely sad, of course, but when death happens so quickly there’s also a sense of utter bewilderment. It’ll take a while to catch up with reality.

It feels weird to share weeknotes at a time like this, but I still will, if only for the fact that my father-in-law was a ‘lists guy’ too. So before last week was cut short by more important matters, I…

Average step count per day: 9.300
Average staircase count per day: 12
Average sleep per night: 7:02
Average weight: 85,7 kg