This weekend was a little bit more eventful than the last weekend, haha.
Friday - We stayed in for the night. I also did work and went to the gym for a bit. Watched the boif play Monster Hunter and then I just chillaxed.
Saturday - Had Indomie for lunch with an egg - wow it's so good! We hadn't had it in a while. Also went to celebrate our friend's birthday - brought over some gelato from Fiasco Gelato ($5 pints!) and stayed over for quite a bit. Our friend was really happy with our gift (a baby bag) and we stayed over until 2am!
Sunday - I woke up pretty tired today (not used to staying up super late lol) and really late in the afternoon. Had eggs, turkey sausage and tomatoes with toast for breakfast! We then went for a walk to the store and I picked up some deodorant. Then we just chilled for a bit and went to Bookers BBQ for dinner as we had purchased some gift cards and wanted to use them. I tried the smoked brisket this time and it was soooo good!
Going to call it a night pretty soon, but I think I'm going to just chill for a bit more and then I have to get up early to do lots of work tomorrow. Not too much client work, but I have to do some video editing and work on my job search.
It's a shame it's so cold outside! Tomorrow it's supposed to warm up to 4 degrees, so hopefully the snow melts a bit!
I still haven't done my codeacademy or adwords stuff. Ack. I need to do that ASAP!
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Monday, January 22, 2018
Weekend Recap
Friday - We played Charterstone (a legacy boardgame) with some friends, played two games and called it a night.
Saturday - I started reading my tech book on my Kobo (finally figured out how to get my books back on the device!) and went to Bite to try to get free gelato samples from Fiasco, but we missed them. Had a nice walk in Inglewood, though! Went out for bbt with a co-worker from my last job and caught up.
Sunday - Went to Luke's and got our free gelato samples (Vanilla Bean!) - we ended up buying some dark chocolate gelato :) Then got groceries and cooked some pasta with egg and turkey sausages for dinner. We also checked out Chai Pani for a bit to get some rice pudding dessert and some chai, both were VERY good! :)
I couldn't really sleep last night so I ended up sleeping in all morning. I did some work and read my book for a little bit. Tomorrow I have a lunch meetup to chat with someone who's experienced with freelancing and to possibly brainstorm ideas. Also I have a lot more work to do tomorrow, and I have to do some video editing as well.
Today I also got some interest from a previous client of mine that they may need help with some video editing, so I'm keeping my eye out!
Saturday - I started reading my tech book on my Kobo (finally figured out how to get my books back on the device!) and went to Bite to try to get free gelato samples from Fiasco, but we missed them. Had a nice walk in Inglewood, though! Went out for bbt with a co-worker from my last job and caught up.
Sunday - Went to Luke's and got our free gelato samples (Vanilla Bean!) - we ended up buying some dark chocolate gelato :) Then got groceries and cooked some pasta with egg and turkey sausages for dinner. We also checked out Chai Pani for a bit to get some rice pudding dessert and some chai, both were VERY good! :)
I couldn't really sleep last night so I ended up sleeping in all morning. I did some work and read my book for a little bit. Tomorrow I have a lunch meetup to chat with someone who's experienced with freelancing and to possibly brainstorm ideas. Also I have a lot more work to do tomorrow, and I have to do some video editing as well.
Today I also got some interest from a previous client of mine that they may need help with some video editing, so I'm keeping my eye out!
Sunday, January 14, 2018
The first week of remote
Wow, so the first week of working in the house has gone by quite quickly!
I started it off with doing a vlog series. I thought it would be fun to document my adventure of working virtual and my job search for a long-term virtual position. Can I quickly mention that I have learned a shitton of stuff since day one?? Yup.
Monday was more of a day to ease into things after having my client call. Then on Tuesday, I was supposed to have a call with another client, but we needed to reschedule for the day after. I didn't have any tasks on Tuesday so that day was more of a day to vlog about my experience and to job search. Throughout the week I learned that I was looking at the wrong work from home jobs... I kept looking at opportunities that were good for a side income, not necessarily a full or part-time income.
What I need right now is a FT/PT position and so my search changed after that. Of course, I was researching these jobs before, but I wanted to make sure I learned a bit more about the overall scope of virtual work. Also, I only worked like 6 hours or less at my virtual position so far... but I did manage to throw in that I'm interested in doing other kinds of work for the actual virtual company!
I found a few positions that I'm interested in. I applied to some, and there's a few that I've saved as a "maybe". I want to make sure I find the right fit for me.
I was also having office withdrawals. It was really hard. Working from home is sooo nice, but at the same time I have withdrawals because an office provides a routine, which seems more productive... but the thing is, I'm actually quite productive at home too, and so I want to make this work.
However, I did find a few office positions that look really interesting. I think I might apply to some of them as well (some are part-time, so I could do that0. At the same time of having a job, I still also want to have some time to work on my blog and other channels.
Speaking of other channels, I actually filmed TWO videos this weekend! *pats self on back* - I'm super proud of this milestone. Now I have some content I can use and I just need to edit these sometime this week. I haven't written any blog posts at all though, so I'll have to do at least one this week... I've already broken that resolution, rofl! But it's ok, I'm realizing this now and not later and I'll do something about it.
The plan for this week is:
- Work on my virtual stuff
- Apply for jobs
- Write at least one blog post
- Edit my two videos
- Get my Adwords (I need to complete this like this week!)
- Codeacademy lessons (oops, too focused on my search and forgot about this)
Weekend recap:
Friday - We had dinner with my family and played with Tofu and just chilled. Watched Dirk Gentley.
Saturday - We walked to Starbucks as it was SUPER nice out. (Yay, it wasn't cold!) Got some more coffee and then watched P to JK. I also filmed a video before. My friends came over to play boardgames and we played Machi Koro & The Coup. My friend also brought over her Japan Crate with her rejected snacks for us to keep. :)
Sunday - Went to Gyu-Kaku with friends who went on the Fernie trip with us and some other friends. as well. I had a bibimbap bowl as I wasn't feeling too well and didn't think it'd be a good idea to eat bbq. Still felt gross afterwards, but I filmed a video and then did some job searching and also played Block Puzzle.
I'm going to go work on my bujo for the week now. Oh and another thing I should do this week is really clean my desk/office so that it's a good place for working...
Good news today is that I also found out I got paid from my last job. So yay, that was nice!
I started it off with doing a vlog series. I thought it would be fun to document my adventure of working virtual and my job search for a long-term virtual position. Can I quickly mention that I have learned a shitton of stuff since day one?? Yup.
Monday was more of a day to ease into things after having my client call. Then on Tuesday, I was supposed to have a call with another client, but we needed to reschedule for the day after. I didn't have any tasks on Tuesday so that day was more of a day to vlog about my experience and to job search. Throughout the week I learned that I was looking at the wrong work from home jobs... I kept looking at opportunities that were good for a side income, not necessarily a full or part-time income.
What I need right now is a FT/PT position and so my search changed after that. Of course, I was researching these jobs before, but I wanted to make sure I learned a bit more about the overall scope of virtual work. Also, I only worked like 6 hours or less at my virtual position so far... but I did manage to throw in that I'm interested in doing other kinds of work for the actual virtual company!
I found a few positions that I'm interested in. I applied to some, and there's a few that I've saved as a "maybe". I want to make sure I find the right fit for me.
I was also having office withdrawals. It was really hard. Working from home is sooo nice, but at the same time I have withdrawals because an office provides a routine, which seems more productive... but the thing is, I'm actually quite productive at home too, and so I want to make this work.
However, I did find a few office positions that look really interesting. I think I might apply to some of them as well (some are part-time, so I could do that0. At the same time of having a job, I still also want to have some time to work on my blog and other channels.
Speaking of other channels, I actually filmed TWO videos this weekend! *pats self on back* - I'm super proud of this milestone. Now I have some content I can use and I just need to edit these sometime this week. I haven't written any blog posts at all though, so I'll have to do at least one this week... I've already broken that resolution, rofl! But it's ok, I'm realizing this now and not later and I'll do something about it.
The plan for this week is:
- Work on my virtual stuff
- Apply for jobs
- Write at least one blog post
- Edit my two videos
- Get my Adwords (I need to complete this like this week!)
- Codeacademy lessons (oops, too focused on my search and forgot about this)
Weekend recap:
Friday - We had dinner with my family and played with Tofu and just chilled. Watched Dirk Gentley.
Saturday - We walked to Starbucks as it was SUPER nice out. (Yay, it wasn't cold!) Got some more coffee and then watched P to JK. I also filmed a video before. My friends came over to play boardgames and we played Machi Koro & The Coup. My friend also brought over her Japan Crate with her rejected snacks for us to keep. :)
Sunday - Went to Gyu-Kaku with friends who went on the Fernie trip with us and some other friends. as well. I had a bibimbap bowl as I wasn't feeling too well and didn't think it'd be a good idea to eat bbq. Still felt gross afterwards, but I filmed a video and then did some job searching and also played Block Puzzle.
I'm going to go work on my bujo for the week now. Oh and another thing I should do this week is really clean my desk/office so that it's a good place for working...
Good news today is that I also found out I got paid from my last job. So yay, that was nice!
Monday, January 8, 2018
Long post! Weekend roundup and new yeaaaarrr
I haven't blogged here in over a week.
On NYE we went to Mill Street and had some food and partook in conversation with old and new friends. Went back to our place to play Jackbox games and then watched some very weak fireworks that we could barely see. :( Had some celebratory drinks and then went to bed right after.
Jan 1 was a holiday still, so we just chilled for a bit and I looked at some jobs.
This weekend I was in Fernie. On Friday I did some work for bf biz and then our friend came over and we carpooled to Fernie. The drive was good, except it was SO dark in some areas as there was literally no reflectors or street lights. Thank goodness for high beams and headlights.
We then got to the cabin and did some chatter. I made a new friend who was more of an acquaintence to me in hs, so that was cool. We had some curry rice with chicken and a salad for dinner. Then I played Puyo Puyo for the first time on the Nintendo Switch (which was also the first time for me to play one!).
Saturday - My friend and I roamed the town of Fernie while the others went to ski/snowboard at the ski hill. We checked out Big Bang Bagel, which makes their own bagels and cream cheese and it was soooo freaking good. My friend got a crepe from this place called Freshies and it was a huge crepe that he said was super delicious. Who knew that we would find such great gems in Fernie? We went through a lot of ski shops as well and we bought some chocolate from Beanpod, since it was locally made. I also bought some healing stones to help me with communication and stress-relief. I think they are working so far because I felt so much more comfortable communicating with my friends on this trip afterwards. :) Afterwards we had potato soup for lunch and then sausages for dinner. Then tried out the hottub which was super nice!!
Sunday - We went home and the drive was beautiful. It was so nice to actually see where we were driving in broad daylight!! Had some of our friends over to try to finish off some of the food we made, all was finished except for a beef patty, bread and some rice and chicken which we kept at our place. We took a big nap afterwards and I was feeling gross so had kimchi for dinner and then went to bed.
It was a nice weekend to get out of the city for a bit and spend it with friends! I have a client call later today and will be chatting with my client then doing some work for them for a bit. I hope I can do well. Also am taking a look at some opportunities on Upwork. I left this post (went to have lunch at Boogies Burgers with a friend that I haven't seen in a while) but just now I got a message from my virtual PM that they have another client for me. Oh man, things are going to get busy. I really hope I'll be able to balance the two clients I'll have!
I tried to call my client but it looks like he was in a client meeting, and so he asked me to call him back in a bit.
I really didn't do much today except look at jobs, eat with my friend, and researched a bit of background stuff for my client. I applied to a few Upwork things as well and will have to do some video editing later tonight. What I really need to get done this week though is my Adwords certification and also work on CodeAcademy. Time to reset my sleep clock and get up earlier tomorrow to do as much work as possible!
On NYE we went to Mill Street and had some food and partook in conversation with old and new friends. Went back to our place to play Jackbox games and then watched some very weak fireworks that we could barely see. :( Had some celebratory drinks and then went to bed right after.
Jan 1 was a holiday still, so we just chilled for a bit and I looked at some jobs.
This weekend I was in Fernie. On Friday I did some work for bf biz and then our friend came over and we carpooled to Fernie. The drive was good, except it was SO dark in some areas as there was literally no reflectors or street lights. Thank goodness for high beams and headlights.
We then got to the cabin and did some chatter. I made a new friend who was more of an acquaintence to me in hs, so that was cool. We had some curry rice with chicken and a salad for dinner. Then I played Puyo Puyo for the first time on the Nintendo Switch (which was also the first time for me to play one!).
Saturday - My friend and I roamed the town of Fernie while the others went to ski/snowboard at the ski hill. We checked out Big Bang Bagel, which makes their own bagels and cream cheese and it was soooo freaking good. My friend got a crepe from this place called Freshies and it was a huge crepe that he said was super delicious. Who knew that we would find such great gems in Fernie? We went through a lot of ski shops as well and we bought some chocolate from Beanpod, since it was locally made. I also bought some healing stones to help me with communication and stress-relief. I think they are working so far because I felt so much more comfortable communicating with my friends on this trip afterwards. :) Afterwards we had potato soup for lunch and then sausages for dinner. Then tried out the hottub which was super nice!!
Sunday - We went home and the drive was beautiful. It was so nice to actually see where we were driving in broad daylight!! Had some of our friends over to try to finish off some of the food we made, all was finished except for a beef patty, bread and some rice and chicken which we kept at our place. We took a big nap afterwards and I was feeling gross so had kimchi for dinner and then went to bed.
It was a nice weekend to get out of the city for a bit and spend it with friends! I have a client call later today and will be chatting with my client then doing some work for them for a bit. I hope I can do well. Also am taking a look at some opportunities on Upwork. I left this post (went to have lunch at Boogies Burgers with a friend that I haven't seen in a while) but just now I got a message from my virtual PM that they have another client for me. Oh man, things are going to get busy. I really hope I'll be able to balance the two clients I'll have!
I tried to call my client but it looks like he was in a client meeting, and so he asked me to call him back in a bit.
I really didn't do much today except look at jobs, eat with my friend, and researched a bit of background stuff for my client. I applied to a few Upwork things as well and will have to do some video editing later tonight. What I really need to get done this week though is my Adwords certification and also work on CodeAcademy. Time to reset my sleep clock and get up earlier tomorrow to do as much work as possible!
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