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From Spreadsheets to Storyboards: My Career in Creative Tech & Project Strategy

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

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Learning to Budget: How Taxes, Fees, and a Prepaid Card Shaped My Financial Mindset

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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From Budget Chaos to Clarity: A Personal Finance Dashboard That Works

In today’s shifting economic landscape, relying on banks to reflect your actual available balance in real-time can be risky. Between platform processing delays, inconsistent vendor naming, and hidden fees, tracking expenses with precision has become an active challenge—especially for independent creators and freelancers. That’s exactly the situation I found myself in, and it pushed me… Read More From Budget Chaos to Clarity: A Personal Finance Dashboard That Works

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Fundraising Project Announcement

I’m reviving a passion project to help bring awareness to my fundraising efforts for a laptop replacement. More info coming soon. Until then here’s the original post when I was starting the project. Keep in mind, things will be changed to reflect my current works. archiveofourown.org/works/33338557

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Health 067

I’m almost at my goal for the month of losing 5 lbs. I’m not trying to do a drastic weight loss. My aim to do it to where it’s easy to maintain. Starting weight for this month was 242.4. Current weight as of today is 237.8 lbs. That’s a 4.6 lbs difference. I’m very excited… Read More Health 067

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Rant 039

Can’t sleep so I applied for jobs. Which made me realize how much my resume needed a huge upgrade and that I know more than I thought. Like I been downplaying myself for so long I became blind to all my skill sets. And the large range I have. Just to give an example under… Read More Rant 039

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Resume

I’m working on my resume, and this just so happens to be the bear bones of it all before I get into the details. I just have to add what I did in each job. Especially since it’s been a while since I updated it. … Creative Strategistamax.max6@gmail.com — Skills Business and Tech Economic Analysis… Read More Resume

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Health 039

My horrible emotions this past few days has made me gain 5 lbs. I’m close to not caring the rest of the month. But I can’t do that to myself. I gotta at least go from 244 to 240 by December 31th. At least close to 240. I’m not mad or disappointed, because I know… Read More Health 039

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