Almost a month to the date since my last post, and a few important things have happened. WORK My manager changed again. I have had four managers in one year. Four managers in one year! Un-fucking-real. My third manager and I met to discuss my performance review the last week of January but before getting…
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The Year in Review: 2024 Highlights and 2025 Outlook
I can’t thank 2024 enough for being a drama-free year at work. It was really boring at work and if you’ve read a few of my posts about my professional life, boring is good. A few things did happen, so let’s recap. WORK Last week made one full calendar year since I started at the…
Becoming a Photographer: A Beginner’s Journey
Becoming a professional photographer has been an elusive goal of mine. I purchased my first DSLR at BestBuy on Black Friday in 2012. I was excited to purchase Canon’s T3i Rebel DSLR camera for an affordable price. It was a great deal for a lot of gear: camera body, kit lens, zoom lens, an extra…
Quarterly Review: A Look Back at the First Three Months of the Year
When I first started my blog, I wanted to post quarterly reviews of my life (personal and professional). It’s taken some time, but I’m going to start posting these now that I’m blogging consistently every two weeks. We’re at the end of the first quarter of 2024, and I’m happy about how I spent the…
Three Months of Baking: A Delicious Journey
I set out to learn how to bake three months ago, and it’s been a sweet road of cookies and cakes. There were delicious successes and spectacular failures. An interesting phenomenon is that I can’t make anything right the second time around. It’s a case of beginner’s luck, and I’m sick of it. Don’t get…
Baking Terminology and Techniques for Beginners
In my previous post, I discussed the importance of mise en place if you’re new to baking. It’s a concept I strongly recommend you adhere to wherever you are in your baking journey. I expanded on the first principle by saying that it’s important to understand the techniques and terminology stated in a recipe. Why…
Practical Baking Tips and Equipment for Beginners
Now that you know how I got into baking, let’s talk about some of the baking tips I follow to ensure an overall good baking experience. These are tips that I’ve gathered from some of the bakers I follow (Benjamin The Baker and Baker Bettie are two of my favorites). First Things First Before you…
Becoming a Baker: A Beginner’s Journey
I never dreamt of becoming a baker. I grew up hating all things involving the kitchen. Learning how to cook let alone bake was out of the question. By my early twenties, my outlook changed only as it pertained to a kitchen’s aesthetics. A kitchen island? Oh, I would love to have one if I…
In With the Old, With a Touch of Something New
My last post was all about my professional life. There was a lot to share because there was a lot of movement in that area of my life. My personal life didn’t change much. For what I want to accomplish, I learned to be a creature of habit. It’s a healthy way to live. This…
2024 – Out With the Old, In With the New
This post is coming a week later than I originally planned. Unfortunately, I rang in the New year with a cold and spent the first week of 2024 recovering. While it sounds like I kicked off the new year on the wrong foot, I’m actually off to a good start. Before I get into the…