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It's been a little while since I've posted!
WORK. I have been busy busy busy. Work has been demanding my attention, energy, and time. The daily commute to Portland has been an adjustment after my last job, where I had the luxury of a 5-minute drive from my front door. But the job is going well, and I asked Nate, my supervisor, to put me down for the additional duty of keeping up with the inventory of laptops in the server room. I'm a big fan of on-site work, as opposed to remote, and even though the commute (an hour by public transit) is a demand on my time, I still prefer it over working fully remote or even hybrid. As long as I gotta go to Portland for my job, I'll do it every day. So, that makes me the obvious candidate for the things that can't be done remotely, like physically tracking the IT assets.
LEARNING. I've committed to renewing my CompTIA A+ certification (that's the entry-level cert for IT work) this year. That means keeping up with a disciplined program of study, taking some of the official training courses, and passing two exams (Core 1 and Core 2) to earn the certification. My old cert is from 2015, and it's the one and only professional credential I have to my credit at the moment. I aim to fix that.
SOCIETY. I've been busy with the local Party chapter and the conservative meetups. A minor shakeup in our local leadership means that we have a new communications chair, and I'll be working with her to recruit volunteers for our participation in local community events, most of which occur during the summer months.
PLANS. Finances are still tight, but if FDR's legacy comes through as expected, I should see my first Social Security check next week, which will make life a lot easier. In particular, it'll help me finance the training and certification I mentioned above, as an investment in being more profitably employed in my later working years. [340]
WORK. I have been busy busy busy. Work has been demanding my attention, energy, and time. The daily commute to Portland has been an adjustment after my last job, where I had the luxury of a 5-minute drive from my front door. But the job is going well, and I asked Nate, my supervisor, to put me down for the additional duty of keeping up with the inventory of laptops in the server room. I'm a big fan of on-site work, as opposed to remote, and even though the commute (an hour by public transit) is a demand on my time, I still prefer it over working fully remote or even hybrid. As long as I gotta go to Portland for my job, I'll do it every day. So, that makes me the obvious candidate for the things that can't be done remotely, like physically tracking the IT assets.
LEARNING. I've committed to renewing my CompTIA A+ certification (that's the entry-level cert for IT work) this year. That means keeping up with a disciplined program of study, taking some of the official training courses, and passing two exams (Core 1 and Core 2) to earn the certification. My old cert is from 2015, and it's the one and only professional credential I have to my credit at the moment. I aim to fix that.
SOCIETY. I've been busy with the local Party chapter and the conservative meetups. A minor shakeup in our local leadership means that we have a new communications chair, and I'll be working with her to recruit volunteers for our participation in local community events, most of which occur during the summer months.
PLANS. Finances are still tight, but if FDR's legacy comes through as expected, I should see my first Social Security check next week, which will make life a lot easier. In particular, it'll help me finance the training and certification I mentioned above, as an investment in being more profitably employed in my later working years. [340]
