June, For Me

Happy end-of-June, friends! I hope that you had a great one. 💜

Main Highlights

Online

• 📝 On the blog, I shared a blog post about making the most out of your internships/graduate scheme/early career opportunities.
• 🎙 On the podcast, I published two episodes! Building brands with Clark Narvas and taking care of yourself whilst working full-time with Emma from Emma’s Yoga Tribe.
• 🙏🏼 Recorded more upcoming episodes! I’m so excited for you to hear them.

Career

• 🤝 I met some of my team in person this month for the first and last time because…
• ❤️ Surprise! I’m at the end of working my notice period at SBG.
• 👀 So stay tuned for what comes next!

Community

• 🥳 Ladies in DevOps hit 500 community members. We also had our very first community call, which was just so lovely ❤️
• 🎉 I’ve joined the Code First Girls Brand Ambassador program, which means that I’ll be running some upcoming MOOCs and events! This month I spoke to the Fellowship cohort about my unconventional career in tech.
• 🎙 Spoke to Pete from NoCSDegree about shifting from Front End to DevOps
• 🎙 Spoke to Eddie on his Twitter Spaces about Getting into the DevRel Space 👀
• 😳 I try not to look at Twitter numbers too much, but I hit 7k followers this month! I’m thankful for the community there.

Personal

• 🎂 I turned 25!
• 🌃 After spending 2 months at home, I’ve returned to Leeds. It’s been nice to live in my apartment and be with my plants (and partner! 😂)
• 👗 I went on a decluttering spree which always makes me feel good about everything 😆
• 🐝 We tried Jollibee that opened in Leeds! A solid 3.5/5 🤝 Nothing beats the real thing in the Philippines.
• 🍋 We experimented with food subscription services this month with Hello Fresh and Lion’s Prep. I’ve enjoyed using them✨
• 🏃🏻‍♀️ My weekly runs continue, and my cardiovascular fitness is improving bit by bit!
• 💪🏼 Slowly easing myself back to the gym but enjoying Apple Fitness+ as always (especially now with an Apple TV) and working out at home.
• 🥰 I enjoyed catching up with a few friends this month. I feel like my social batteries have recharged
• 🤞🏼 Finally booked a consultation to get LASIK!

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Things that made me happy

For June, the thing that has made me happy the most has had to be the fact that I’m alive and well. I didn’t imagine 24 being how it turned out, but I’m so happy with what I managed to accomplish and being more mindful of my capacity and needs. Go me! 😊

Starting this thread was also pretty nice.

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June in Photos

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June Favourites

• 📺 Loki on Disney+ came out this month, and we’ve been enjoying watching it every Wednesday! Totally getting Doctor Who vibes from it.
• 🎙 I discovered the Developer Love Podcast recently and have enjoyed the conversations that I have listened to.
• 📚 I’m currently reading and enjoying the book, The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage by David Spinks. It’s a brilliant book that has taken me back on all the communities that I’ve either created or been a part of from years ago. Communities are so important ❤️

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