extravagantGEEK

Just a geek and her thoughts…

Tag: Update

  • Breaking Through Creativity Blocks: My Journey

    Breaking Through Creativity Blocks: My Journey

    Wow, it’s almost April! This year’s first quarter is almost over and I have very little to show for it. I have had a creativity block for the last few months and have been hard on myself about it. I have spurts of energy where I’ll do a little bit but nothing that directly paints the bigger picture of what I’m trying to accomplish.

    I won’t consider any of my goals as immediate, because that sends my anxiety into overdrive, but I intend to have a broader reach with my blog, my Twitch channel, and everything in between.

    The prominent things I have done this year, are moving my blog to be self-hosted and creating a VTuber avatar for my Twitch channel. I changed hosting to get rid of ads because if I’m not making money from them… I don’t want them on my site. I may add them at a later time if I get more traction to the site but for now, having them forced on me and my readers was just a hard pass. I also have access to WordPress plug-ins that I couldn’t use before. As for the VTuber avatar, I used a free program and tested it out with my webcam. Everything works quite smoothly when using OBS (streaming software) so it’s just a matter of planning to stream and choosing what I want to discuss and/or the games I want to play during streams.

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  • Never Enough.

    Never Enough.

    Disclaimer: I originally wrote this entry on January 4th of this year. Like, I completely finished it and never got around to posting it because I was so overwhelmed with things. *hides head in shame*

    Do you ever feel like there isn’t enough time in a day? or in a month (other than February). I find myself feeling that way a lot lately, and it can be a bit of a bummer sometimes. I’m not getting any younger despite not quite looking my age… so thoughts of never having enough time combined with knowing that tomorrow is not promised… it just weighs heavy some times.

    I thought that I would have some free time to write here during my one month break from school and next thing I knew, I was less than a week away from starting back up. I am a borderline perfectionist and not a fan of going back on my word. As a result, when I make plans and suddenly cannot seem to keep them… it kind of depresses me. Such a small thing can seem enormous to anyone who has a similar personality. We tend to be our own worst critics. I have been working with my therapist on this, along with other things like being a people pleaser and not putting myself first.

    I know this blog entry is a bit more personal than what I would traditionally post on here. I just wanted to give an accurate update and let my readers know why I have not posted on here. Once I’m finished with my paralegal course in late February, I plan to do a lot more. If time permits I will post or at the very least begin working on an article that has been a LONG time coming.

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  • Pausing for Education.

    Pausing for Education.

    So, last month September I was super excited to start contributing to my blog again and I still am. I have a few article ideas, and the ambition is still there. Yet, it has been divided as of last week October 17th. I made a decision earlier this year that I wanted to return to school to learn the basics and foundation of becoming a paralegal. It was something I had considered years ago but, I put the idea behind me for several reasons. Among them was the fact that some family members thought it would be more worth my while to become an actual lawyer. The money and time going into law school would consume was and remains, something I was not prepared for. The other reason was also financially related. I had already gotten an Associate Degree in Computer Networking which is what everyone expected. I also went to a for-profit school to obtain that degree; unfortunately putting me into quite a bit of student debt that I am still working to pay off.

    Experience, has since shown me that doing what is expected is not always worth it. I still love computers, particularly software, and figuring out fixes to issues. However, I found myself just as passionate about the law. The years of experience working in a corporate legal environment before I moved to Georgia were some of the most informative and fulfilling times in my life. I truly loved the work, even when it was doubled on a moment’s notice with a shorter deadline. The atmosphere and satisfaction that it brought made me a lot happier than various customer service positions I had done previously. I can now proudly say that I’m a student once again.

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