As Pride Month arrives, let’s commemorate those from our past and present, while striving for a better tomorrow. This month, rooted in the fight against hatred, inequality, and prejudice, honors those who battled for our right to express our identities and love openly. It’s a time to support our loved ones and those struggling to… Read More Pride 2026
During my trip to NYC, it felt amazing to be back in my home city. These are my favorite highlight photos.
While working on the video part of the “Moon Bell” vector tutorial, I face two tough choices, mainly due to hosting concerns. I could make the videos unlisted on YouTube, but that risks potential deletion. I know how to keep content within platform guidelines, but that’s not the main issue. The real concern is ensuring… Read More Scale
My involvement with an organization began after attending a local event where I learned about its mission and later joined an open meeting. During that meeting, I mentioned my background in blogging, technology, and graphic design. I was encouraged to volunteer with the communications committee, as the organization was seeking help to improve outreach and visibility. I… Read More Operations Management: Onboarding Challenges
Rebuilding My Work Catalogue: A 15Year Journey Toward Better Workflow Management For the past 15 years, I’ve worked across a wide range of social media platforms, organizations, and school systems. That experience forced me to build—and constantly refine—a tracking system that could keep up with the volume and variety of my work. At that, consistency didn’t come naturally. In my… Read More Account Management: work catalogue
I’m currently very proud of myself. I completed 1 of 7 Google Project Management courses; with a 90% grade at that. Not to mention I finished it in a week, what should have been estimated 4 weeks. And I took my time at that. My main goal was to finish the course before my surgery.… Read More Very Proud of Myself
September to December is always the toughest stretch for me financially. I’ve noticed over the years that this is the season when the price hikes start rolling in, rent increases get announced, and Social Security adjustments get revealed. It’s like the universe piles everything together right before the new year. The Patterns I’ve Learned to… Read More Budgeting Plans for the Last Quarter of the Year
You could say I wear a lot of hats — but I prefer to think of them as toolkits. Whether it’s fine-tuning a layout, planning a multi-platform launch, or building a workflow from scratch, I specialize in bridging creativity with structure. Over the past decade, I’ve worked across education, publishing, tech, and service industries —… Read More From Spreadsheets to Storyboards: My Career in Creative Tech & Project Strategy
The last five days of every month are when I put on my financial planning hat—whether I feel ready or not. It’s a routine I’ve carved out for myself out of necessity, not luxury. With a tight disability check as my main income, planning ahead is what keeps the lights on, the rent paid, and… Read More End-of-Month Budget Planning: How I Prioritize on a Tight Disability Check
When I landed my first paying job after college, I didn’t approach budgeting with dashboards and forecasts. Back then, it was simpler—but also way harder. I was trying to survive paycheck to paycheck while dodging invisible fees and figuring out how taxes actually worked. It was messy, manual, and extremely personal. And it all started… Read More Learning to Budget: How Taxes, Fees, and a Prepaid Card Shaped My Financial Mindset
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