I have been trying to use my time without a day job as wisely as I can. There is the job searching and resume posting that I have been doing. Those two tasks are no small feat. I have also been honing my skills as a writer, as evident by…
I have been struggling to get a good morning routine in place forever now. I have gone through so many iterations of it, I couldn't begin to list out all the tweaks I have made. And I'm at it again. Why a morning routine, you ask?…
This is fiction—a quiet scene that unfolded in my mind this morning. Not my story, but one I couldn’t shake. It’s the first glimpse of something larger I’m letting play out. More to come. The darkness surrounded me like a warm cocoon. My mind began to…
Today I am tired. Living in the northeastern United States, we had a ton of snow dumped on the region from the superstorm that rolled through this past weekend. I measured about 10 inches at my house. Today was the day to dig myself out, and that was no small…
Well, I finally decided on the next Linux distribution I’m going to try. If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been having some issues with my current system. They’re more annoyances than deal-breakers, but there are enough of them to make a change worthwhile. The…
Switching from corporate work to freelancing seems like a great idea. It would give me the freedom to work only when I want, taking only jobs I want to do. As good as it sounds, there are some complications I’m running into trying to break into the freelancing world.…
Today I realized I need to make another change. I was working away on my laptop, trying to have a Zoom meeting, and the camera kept freezing. My keyboard kept repeating characters I typed, and windows would randomly freeze. I tried what any average user would do: I closed all…
Today I decided to dive into the world of the Data Engineer and learn about what they do. I am calling myself a Data Engineer due to my extensive background of doing lots of ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) work using SQL throughout my career in Data Management. The title…