dog days of summer
I journal daily by hand, in that I make a record of major things I did or I guess encountered or thought about to keep track of for my terrible memory. Except I never go back and read old entries. And I don't really write out my thoughts/yearnings/whatever that makes journals supposedly interesting, at least when they're turned into books. No one would turn my entries into anything, thank god.
August is quieter for work so I've been working on realizing the formal internship program. Good progress; generally everyone agrees there's a need, but no one had the time or capacity to take ownership of the project and move it forward. I'm doing it imperfectly (maybe I should go get an actual Project Management Professional certification to learn all these concepts and principles) but I'm doing it, and that's more than anyone else has done. I should add it to my resume or whatever. This job is not forever, I know that, but it's also hard to envision the future. Do I proactively look elsewhere? If so, when is the right time? Do I just wait until life happens and something falls into my lap?
Trying to balance work with maintaining friendships inasmuch as I can without in-person meet-up (so mostly texts and sharing cute animal vids or IG posts or whatnot), and trying to get involved in local community volunteering and organizing efforts.
Doing yoga again, need to move back to cardio and strength training. Cooking, eating out, spending quality time with my cat. No hockey now gives me time to do more things, but my most persistent underlying urge remains melting into my couch. It doesn't feel particularly rewarding or meaningful, but there's a lot to be said for inertia...
August is quieter for work so I've been working on realizing the formal internship program. Good progress; generally everyone agrees there's a need, but no one had the time or capacity to take ownership of the project and move it forward. I'm doing it imperfectly (maybe I should go get an actual Project Management Professional certification to learn all these concepts and principles) but I'm doing it, and that's more than anyone else has done. I should add it to my resume or whatever. This job is not forever, I know that, but it's also hard to envision the future. Do I proactively look elsewhere? If so, when is the right time? Do I just wait until life happens and something falls into my lap?
Trying to balance work with maintaining friendships inasmuch as I can without in-person meet-up (so mostly texts and sharing cute animal vids or IG posts or whatnot), and trying to get involved in local community volunteering and organizing efforts.
Doing yoga again, need to move back to cardio and strength training. Cooking, eating out, spending quality time with my cat. No hockey now gives me time to do more things, but my most persistent underlying urge remains melting into my couch. It doesn't feel particularly rewarding or meaningful, but there's a lot to be said for inertia...
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Feeling you on wanting to become one with the couch. Also trying to get back into yoga & working out. <3
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Hmm, my organisation is big enough that I have a decent amount of lateral career movement. Project based skills are always useful to have - as I find myself a senior user on several projects at the moment. Does your work sponsor your studies at all?
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