Hey all, it’s been awhile. Checking in, how are you? Right now it is easy to check out rather than check in, so please spend some time today checking in with yourself and listening to you.
I wanted to take this opportunity (because that’s what quarantine is, an opportunity), to give you all an update on my life.
So as some of you know, I’ve been working really hard the past few months. Fortunately, right before quarantine happened, my hard work paid off in the form of a promotion. The promotion comes with a salary, PTO, and more than what I’ve ever had before. I am now the Production Manager of Blueprint Coffee. I’m still learning a lot of what that role entails (including learning how to roast!) The unfortunate part is that I haven’t gotten a chance to really embrace it yet.
With things already having happened before quarantine and now being in quarantine, it has been put on hold. One of the many things I have been doing to keep busy is to work on spreadsheets and resources for myself to make coming back to the role easier. Things like tracking sheets of production resources, delivery notes for anyone who will be doing deliveries (maybe not just me all the time!), and a roast day schedule for when we are back to “normal”.
I expect to return to work relatively soon. My role is safer than others within the company in terms of person-to-person interaction, and we have been able to keep roasting throughout due to everyone’s support from home! If you’d like some coffee delivered to your door and help support me and my Blueprint family (truly the best business I’ve worked for) please visit us at our website!
While I love my job, I can’t say that I’ve missed work that much. I miss the people I see at work and getting paid to do tasks that I’m really good at. Since quarantine started, I’ve really been able to embrace some internal work and creative work that I haven’t had the energy to do before. It has been really fulfilling and I often don’t find that I’m caught up in the stress.
Another thing I’ve started to do is streaming. I now stream on Twitch regularly. I mainly play games, so if you are interested in watching me play something or in playing with me, let me know! Go follow my Twitch to get notified on when I am live! I’ll also probably start drawing or writing and hosting pomodoros too! I’ve been working on this diligently and it has hardly felt like work. More like stretching those creative muscles that have long been asleep.
I’ll speak more about how I am thriving in this quarantine in another blog post, as well as a love letter to those who I’ve loved this quarantine. So stay tuned! I promise I’m going to be better at this whole writing thing!
I truly hope you all are doing well, please let me know, tell me all of the details. How are you doing physically? Mentally? Emotionally? This can take a toll on anyone, even someone who has social distanced before (yup, that’s me). Take some time to yourself today. I have to head off for some Screen-Free Time, so going to quickly post this and go!
Have a wonderful day!
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