Final Month at Pagoda

It feels strange being so nonchalant at work. Being so indifferent to the lack of students and the severe lack of hours.

This month, I'm working MWF 7am-4pm (with a couple breaks in between), which makes for a pretty decent work day. Then, we get to TTF. 7-9am. That's it. Two hours. I'm waking up at 5:45am for two hours of work. Granted, it's PBA 2, one of my favorite courses (and textbooks), but come on. The boyfriend is working a (basically) normal schedule, which means that I have officially been placed in charge of errands, cooking, cleaning, and all other housework-y chores to fill my time.

Hahaha. JUST KIDDING. Semi.

To try and keep myself busy (aka not wanting to pull my hair out from sheer boredom), I've arranged a couple things:

1. Gym time. Last month, I was going to the gym 2-3x/week. Seeing as how I can't even convince myself that I don't have the time/energy/blahblahblah for September, I'm going to amp this up to 3-4x/week. Yes, I know, I'm dedicated.

2. Codeacademy. Now, I've only been testing the waters with this for a couple weeks, but it's really cool. Seriously. COOL. And plays on my OCD tendencies to have everything ready and in its correct place. I've been interested in website development ever since one of my favorites (ahem, Krisleen) started her first HR job, met her husband, and then told me all about how she took a coding course to try to gain more background info on it. Long story short, here I am. Learning how to make airbnb's website.

3. Google Analytics. To be honest, I haven't really started this little adventure. But, I read Dave Davis' LinkedIn post and it got me thinking that understanding analytics would be not only a useful skill, but also a useful, marketable skill. So I've begun. Starting from the bottom.

4. edX. I was deciding between a couple courses on this site focusing on globalization and sociology, and a course on Python on coursera. I decided to go with my gut. Web dev and analytics are new enough as it is. Plus, I just think global sociology and globalization are so captivating. How is someone not interested in these concepts that affect us on a daily—even hourly—basis?


All on top of moving to a new country in one month. EEP! x