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.
