Desk Update/refresh

a masterpiece of tragedy

monday | april 14

pretty sure i blinked at the end of march and the first two weeks of the term passed instantly? i've been busy, but gratifyingly so – i'm learning so much and always having something to do is helping me fend off procrastination.

[3.1.25]

Setting up my monthly mood tracker and commonplacing thoughts on my art practice.

~January 2025 Goals~

Finish project for network analytics and troubleshooting class

Read 3 books (2/3 complete)

Restart on applied algebra class

it's exam day for Network+! I have been studying 2+ hours daily for this stupid cert for weeks on end.

Affirmations for the day

I will pass this test because I am knowledgeable of all areas of the content.

I have the problem solving skills necessary to figure out the answers to the questions.

I prepared adequately for this and I will pass.

software engineer diaries 👩‍💻 project presentation day 📝

this is the biggest project and the most involved i've been in a project from beginning to (hopefully) end and i need to pitch my execution plan to our engineering team today. i've done these kinds of presentations many times before and prepared thoroughly, so i'm not nervous about the meeting itself, just about the scope, scale, scheduling and responsibilities i have for this project in general. i just have to remind myself that at a certain point it becomes a little too unproductive to think too many steps ahead. i'll take my time and put it together piece by piece 😌

🎯 agenda today:

📝 team check-in meeting

💻 presentation meeting

👩‍💻 follow-up tasks (notes consolidation, further research)

🤝 meeting with my mentor

📝 ticketing (task breakdown for actual execution)

🗓️ send out follow-up schedules

~ It was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn’t ~

Ottessa Moshfegh | My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“The cost of not following your heart is spending the rest of your life wishing you had.”

— Unknown