All the social media platforms make it easier than ever to compare ourselves to others. It’s easy to get discouraged feeling like we’re behind or not measuring up. But it’s super important to remember that we each have our own journey that has its own unique timeline. Let’s stop holding Read more…
Rest is important. Sleep is amazing. There are so many benefits of getting a good night’s sleep. It’s also kinda crazy how detrimental not getting enough sleep is to both your mental and physical health. Rest, sleep and peaceful downtime, is so important, but it’s easy to overlook it. Let Read more…
Our environment has an impact on everything we do from washing dishes to coding to playing with a puppy. If we are intentional about shaping our environment, we can make hard tasks easy and easy tasks even easier. In other words, environment matters. When I talk about environment here I Read more…
Water is awesome. It’s also essential for our survival. It’s easy to forget to drink water when we’re going about our day with all the different things keeping us busy or distracting us. But the quality of our day can be changed drastically by something as seemingly simple as forgetting Read more…
I started to experience pain in my right shoulder towards the end of last year. At first it was just a small ache off and on but the ache began to grow into a throbbing pain and the off and on quickly turned into all the time. I visited a Read more…
One of the most valuable resources we have is our mindset, our attitude. Our mindset determines the outlook of our entire life. A beautiful sunny day to one person can be just another stressful boring day to another. Our mindset is also one of the few things that we have Read more…
Have you ever been faced with learning a new thing and it was like staring into the abyss? Everything seems complicated and confusing, and you keep going down rabbit holes that end with more questions than answers. This was how I felt trying to dive into a project on a Read more…
Time is flying this year! March seems to have gone by in the blink of an eye. March was a pretty uneventful month for me. My gut bacteria are still recovering from the double food poisoning in February and I’ve had lower energy after work. On the bright side, I’ve Read more…
Ever have one of those days where you roll out of bed, stretch, and realize, wow, nothing hurts? For a while, I didn’t notice or appreciate how awesome that felt. Then came the shoulder ache that turned moving the mouse into a wince, followed by a pinched nerve in my Read more…
Programming is awesome. We build things, solve problems, and constantly learn new things. But it’s also a sit-still job. You’re planted in a chair, eyes glued to the screen, fingers flying. Before you know it, hours pass, and you’ve barely moved. I didn’t notice how stiff I’d gotten until my Read more…