There has been a lot that has happened.
I’m making good progress so far at work towards a Jira Database Administration role, currently in the process of getting certifications and a proper education and training course I can progress so that we may push me as the main candidate for the role. Really hoping this works out as it’s my career development. I have several leads of varying degrees supporting and fighting for me, which I greatly appreciate.
Two weeks has gone by since I started daily driving Linux as my main OS. Extremely happy with that. I’ve been exploring what I can do with this new landscape, discovering what I want my perfect OS to look and feel like. This has also been affecting my productivity apps. Instead of using Obsidian as the all in one productivity app I’m instead using it as my knowledge base while other apps like Todoist perform my task management, still figuring out what I’d like for a calendar system.
We’ve given our 60 days notice that we intend to move out. Extremely excited to be moving out into my own bedroom in an apartment that actually has functioning AC, utilities, hot running water and a toilet that doesn’t take ages to refill. My mind has been swimming with ideas for how I want my space to be, but in those thoughts I’m finding they’re reflecting a new Sylvie. A Sylvie who wants her principals and values to shine through more. Anti-consumption, minimalism, hyper-specialized and tailored systems within an integrated environment, organization and comfort. I want my space to properly reflect who I am now.
My approach to minimalism and anti-consumption lately has been cutting out subscriptions and unnecessary spending, along with tailoring my consumption. Instead of doom-scrolling I’ve been integrating apps that offer customized feeds, like Inoreader. Simply set the sources I wish to receive then scroll till my feed is done, or hop around to only what I’m interested in for that moment. Cutting back on social media, like deleting my Twitter and Instagram, has caused me to stop doom-scrolling as much. Setting my limit to only when my feed ends has more passively reduced my time rather than actively setting timers like using Zen or Focus modes. Dedicating blocks of my team feels awful and not natural. I would rather my energy and fixation flow from concept to concept.