This weekend was nice. I got to relax and spend a lot of time with my mom. I also planned out a lot more gifts and surprises for that secret of mine!
I’m still a bit sick, and possibly hung over from the wonderful meal I had yesterday, so I’m going to take it easy and keep reviewing my notes for school. I will have more to report on tonight!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, and has a great Monday!
I just woke up from a nap, and I am trying to plan out my day. I don’t have much planned, but I’m trying.
I’m going to spend the day looking over my notes for school and trying to get all of the coding information back into my mind. Maybe I’ll even make some flash cards for myself, I have plenty of index cards on my desk!
I hope everyone keeps pushing forward!
This day has been pretty good so far, except for the snow piling up outside! I had leftover Chinese food for breakfast, and I’m currently in a call with some pretty cool people. I’m hoping to get some school work done today, but that won’t be until later.
Hopefully, the snow won’t get to the point of knocking out the internet… kind of need that for everything I do. It doesn’t look like the snow is going to let up any time soon, so all I can do is keep working until I can’t.
I have had an eventful morning, filled with drinking and good people! I had a half n’ half day yesterday, but being around friends and enjoying a few drinks really cheered me up.
I don’t have much else planned for the day except for work, school and maybe a nap.
This week definitely had its ups and downs, but I feel good. I feel like I can take on anything, and it feels pretty great.
This weekend, I will be working, doing school work, and applying for a second job. If I want to be able to do the things I want and need to do, I need to do things I don’t really want to do. I remember when I was younger I didn’t want to be an adult, I just wanted to be old enough to have a bit of freedom. What I’ve learned is that freedom costs a pretty penny.
I know I’m going to have less free time, but maybe I will get to enjoy my down time a bit more if I have less of it. I know it won’t be easy, nothing is, but I have an amazing support team that drives me to better myself.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
I don’t have much planned for today except to try to get some school work done. The past few days have been extremely stressful and I’m doing my best to cope with everything and figure out how to handle it all.
I hope everyone has a great day, and hopefully mine will get better.
When I sat down to do my school work today, I thought I was going to have to review my notes for hours. Instead, I picked up where I left off and pushed on! I didn’t do much coding, but I did a lot of reading and took notes on pretty much everything!
When I took my student orientation, the speaker said that we wouldn’t need to take excessive notes. He said that because coding has such a great and welcoming community, that we will always be able to ask for help or find answers on the internet. I, however, didn’t listen and now I take not only title and number every single page in my binder, but take notes on everything, as well.
I can’t retain information unless I say it out loud and write it down. If the lesson I’m working on has a 5-minute video, it will take me around 30 minutes to take notes on it. I write down all the sample codes and shortcuts and make footnotes to help me remember. I’m even talking out loud as I type this. If I didn’t do any of this, my mind would be blank.
I have found that since I started coding and creating again, that my cognitive and analytical skills have become stronger, as well as I have been able to feel a sense of accomplishment with each lesson I complete. Coding essentially gave me a second chance and I’m truly happy.
Tomorrow, I will probably write about my educational journey thus far. It’s truly an interesting story, and I would love to tell it!
This week and next, I’m going to be strictly focusing on work and school. I want to get a lot done and I woke up today feeling driven to do so.
For work, I do data entry for two co-op buildings. I enter everything from maintenance requests to information about the units. It’s not the most exciting job, but I can literally work whenever I want.
For school, my main course is web development, while dabbling in software design, light IT, graphic design, and app development. I have taken on a ton of courses since September, but what better time to do all this than when I have all the time in the world? I enjoy coding; it’s like I’m constantly solving puzzles, and I love puzzles. At the rate I’m going, I’m going to be a forever student and I’m completely fine with this.
Between this blog, school, work and my social life, my time is spent mostly on the computer and it works for me. I enjoy immersing myself in technology, so I made it so I love everything I do.
I hope everyone has a beautiful Monday!
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