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What did you do this week?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
It was a "busy" week for me! Got a new TV (had to then shuffle around our existing tvs), had a Covid scare and got tested (came back negative, but still being cautious), and yesterday was my birthday! That was the best part. Got some tasty Indian food and a chestnut cream cake. I want to use my birthdays to explore food and try new places! I hadn't actually been to an Indian restaurant before, but I do love curry lol. It was super flavor and there was so much tasty food! And now I get to eat leftovers for a few days lol
My parents decided they were going to have a fancy dinner at Outback along with my uncle and his wife. The first time we went, we were too late to enter, so we went again earlier the next day and barely managed to get in (also we had to contend with my uncle's child/one of my cousins as they were asleep the first time.)
We ordered their barbecue ribs (like the previous times we went there) and their standard serving of rice, and my father ordered a burger of theirs. I asked for a strawberry drink they offered and averyone else asked for a strawberry/passion fruit mix (again, also like last time) with the exception of my uncle, which asked for a free-refill cup of Coca-Cola. They tasted as good as always, starting sweet and slowly turning into the burning spice feeling. Their serving of rice is a lot smaller than we expected, which is kind of a reminder of their 'fanciness' (and that we aren't upper-middle-class for going there) and definitely means that whenever we go again, we'll order 2 of those.
My mother has also recently become unemployed recently, meaning she is not absent from my life outside the night after she comes home from work. (apparently this is because the contract-or-whatever-IDK she signed is temporary.) This recently meant that, before we went for Outback, when we went to get my hair done, she decided that it might be better if my hair was super short becauseit would require less maintenance. I personally wasn't convinced and after trying out that haircut I still am. Immediately after the cut I felt my head looked rounder but it's not that significant.
Reading week. A lot of exams right around the corner. This is my last (almost, 2 electives left) semester so the motivation and work ethic have been pretty shaky after 7 years in undergrad. I've used most of it to recover from earlier stressors. Also received a scholarship! That'll alleviate some of my financial concerns for a while.
I finished setting up my website's templating system. Now I can write blog posts... Once I figure out what to write about.
I failed at my first attempt to set up a Matrix server—I'd like to eventually set one up just for myself to have control over some of my data and participate in new communities as well as bridge all the chat services that I use, but it seems to be a longer journey than anticipated.
Thank you!
I'm pushing the Matrix thing for summer as well. I'm sure setting up a server is just a matter of reading and understanding the documentation with a little bit of patience, if you already use Linux.
Why aren't you excited about the workforce? For me, being able to have a more routine schedule, and getting paid to work are two things I'm excited about. Weekends will be less stressful, and I'll be able to spend more time (and money) on my hobbies, as well as afford to start investing over the long term.
I agree that the software industry (if I guessed your area of studies correctly), and really STEM jobs in general can be more hectic when it comes to work/life balance. My working plan right now is to give it my all in my junior years, since I'm still able to, in order to gain the necessary skills and experiences, as well as capital, to find a more balanced position later on—if I want to. I tend to thrive better under a dense workload, unfortunately, so a fulfilling career for me would be one that's occasionally whipping me. Family is an interesting dimension later on when the question of having a child becomes more relevant, in my plan, it's still too early for me to worry about it before I hit my 30s.
Linux, I'm a big fan. I dual booted Ubuntu and Windows about 2.5 years ago, then triple booted arch alongside, then wiped the windows partition to make more space and never looked back. After the initial 2-3 months of getting used to it, it drastically improved my skills in terms of researching solutions to problems, as well as reading documentation and man pages (for tools and programming). I definitely recommend the switch if you think you have the patience and like to tinker with your OS settings to get everything just right.
Not much, but my corona isolation period has ended so I was finally able to get some fresh air this week by going on some walks. You really do miss the things that you can't do the most. I had the mildest corona experience around so that's nice and at least I needn't worry about that for half a year or how long the immunity lasts.