November, For Me

Main Highlights

Online

Community

  • ๐ŸŽค My colleagues and I will be speaking at this year’s SRECON 2020. I’m pumped!
  • ๐Ÿ’œ I hosted several mentoring sessions for the Code First: Girls Fellowship Programme. It is officially done tonight – it’s been a pleasure to be a part of!
  • ๐Ÿ’ซ As part of my friend Francesco’s “Talking With…” Series, I was lucky enough to feature in it! We talked about my tech background, communities, my creator journey and the importance of taking care of yourself as a techie.

Personal

  • ๐ŸŽฎ I started playing Zelda for the first time on my Switch. It’s an amazing game! It has been great to help me escape reality for a bit…
  • โ€ผ๏ธ Lockdown 2 happened.
  • โŒš๏ธ My friend Georgie and I did an Apple Watch/Activity competition this month, it was a lot of fun. It made my workouts for a week very interesting ๐Ÿ˜‚ Spoiler alert: Georgie won. Lmao.
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ I became ridiculously invested in US politics.
  • ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธI’ve enjoyed using my foldable treadmill this month! I’ve managed to improve my step count for just walking as I work.
  • ๐Ÿฅฒ I broke my dont-buy-anything-sports-wear-related this Black Friday with a few minutes online at Crop Shop Boutique. ๐Ÿ˜…
  • ๐Ÿ’ป Apple Event happened. But I have been convinced not to get the new M1 Macbook Pro and wait for the next one after that. Holding off some more.

Learning

  • โ˜๏ธ I’ve continued my daily studying for my AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam. I’m almost at Day 60 of continuous learning but hoping to push it to 100 at this point! I also booked my exam for December (second time lucky?)

Career

  • ๐Ÿคฏ I have sort of made an announcement to some colleagues, on Fleet and Instagram Stories (where my updates disappear after 24 hours, conveniently lol) More on that in a future post! I don’t think I’m ready yet. ๐Ÿฅฒ

3 Things that made me happy

1) Relaxing

I’ve been dealing with lockdown by playing a new game on my Switch. Zelda has been fun! ๐ŸŒฟ I’ve also tried more than ever to be unapologetic about spending time playing games rather than doing something “productive“.

2) Studying and learning

I had this in my reflection last month, but it’s definitely something I’m finding has helped me keep afloat rather than stressing out about everything going on. Plus, I always enjoy learning new things ๐Ÿ˜Š

3) My iPad

I’m just appreciating my iPad again! I can’t believe how useful it is. ๐Ÿ˜‚ I’ve used it as my primary study tool, workout tracker and for my creator content. I even edited my latest podcast episode all on it!


November in Photos

I have started to struggle getting photos for my reflections... because I'm always at home. ๐Ÿ˜‚
I have started to struggle getting photos for my reflections… because I’m always at home. ๐Ÿ˜‚

November Favourites


Quote of the month


Next month

  • ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป Finishing things off at work
  • ๐Ÿก Returning home to see my family! The last time I saw them was in August. I’m looking forward to it. ๐Ÿ˜Š
  • ๐Ÿ˜ด Having a much-needed break

2 responses to “November, For Me”

  1. I’ve never played much of that Zelda. I found it…way different then the Zelda’s I’m used to. Eventually plan to give it another shot…someday. XD

    I recently started using my iPad a bit more too. It had been uncharged for over a month but finally bothered to.

    Looks like you had a really good month. =3

    1. It’s a lot of fun ๐Ÿ˜

      I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your month, Megan!

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