I have been going back over the fundamentals of JavaScript to make sure I fully grasp what I learned in my boot camp. I have been all over the internet following essential training courses — Linkedin Learning, Coursera, Udemy, YouTube, etc. Hitting roadblocks is just part of the process, BUT…

I finally jumped back into React yesterday about a month after boot camp ended. It felt great to dive back into learning, but I was caught off guard pretty quickly when I tried to run npm start. …

I’m sitting on my couch and crying as I watch American Idol. Watching struggling artists getting their chance to shine. Watching these singers that feel hopeless getting their big break. I studied studio art and psychology. I am 28 years old and my résumé consists of foodservice. Serving tables is…

January 27 I love them. They gave me a life. But with all of the giving and all of the taking. Now you are grown and you don’t know how to stop. How do I adjust in this body? I have a voice that I don’t know how to use. Tell them what you need. But if you never learned can you make my boots any less heavy? Can you carry this weight with me? Can we go back and prepare for this fall?

It was my last day at my bakery job and I could not have been more relieved. The relatively new pandemic and social isolation still had a stronghold on my mental health. Every day entering the bakery I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. …