07 august 2021
Doing pretty good today! Got a decent amount of sleep for once, so we've got energy to do things. Unfortunately, there's not much to do. We've been painting miniatures and working on the notes utility when we're in the right mindset for it, but we're kind of coasting lately. Really need to grab a project and go with it again, probably focus in on the notes utility and keep going with that. Been working on user management right now as a break from getting pagination working (getting closer, but it's not quite working yet and still figuring out what about the code breaks it), and we still need to tackle encryption. Talked to our dad about it and he seemed confident it wouldn't be too complicated to get working, so that's reassuring- he works in tech design and does some programming now and again.
Been feeling a bit bored with our wallpaper lately, so I'm thinking I invest a little time and make a bunch of variations to cycle through at regular intervals. Sounds like a nice way to change it up- little planned changes like that help keep us learning and moving forwards instead of settling into stagnation. Something something environment change. :P Funny how that works!
Oh! Also making a little clown doll with some clay parts and fabric. We have a soft spot for clowns because a friend loves them and got us to like them too instead of being "meh" about it. It's a fun project, currently need to sculpt and paint the faceplate.
So I guess there are things to do. :P
Been thinking about career plans lately. We're in college right now for a general AA, but what we do after that is kind of up in the air right now. We were planning on going vet tech, but the more we think about it and talk it over, the more we realize that it may not be the right decision. Don't get me wrong, we love animals and are fascinated by medical things, but other elements of the job would be a problem. The noise of animals barking and meowing (can't blame them), multitasking constantly, our issues with IVs and blood draws- which we're not scared of in animals but are still bothered by, having to work with people in a way that requires good social skills that we struggle with, being on our feet all the time, etc. There are issues with it as a career path for us. Is it still viable? Yeah, we could do it, but we've been wondering if something else would be better. Compsci is the other field we're interested in as a career, so we're starting to look into options for that and see what we could do in that area, what those jobs require, etc. Oddly enough, IT seems promising despite the inherent social bit to it because we're fairly good at teaching and adore solving tech problems. Cybersec also seems interesting, though we need to look into it more. We just need to do more research in general, maybe see if there are any job shadowing opportunities around here to see what the work actually looks like. We did that with vet tech, which gave us a good idea that we could do it but with some possible issues that would wear us down long-term. We just need to look at options in general while we still have the chance to.