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This is my second entry for May 30th, for my 24 hour Media Diary for my Digital Media Literacy course at Arizona State University.

5:00am

I woke up earlier than intended so that I can buy some bandages from Walgreens due to an injury that had sprung up the previous night. Before heading over I check the Walgreens app to ensure that they have the specific bandages and dressings that I need. I am signed into this app as a guest, so there is no info on me as an individual. I then search for Walgreens near me to check their stocks.

7:30am

I woke up early in the morning after going to Walgreens to bandage my hand lacerations. I open my browser and head to NetworkChuck Academy at https://academy.networkchuck.com/course/summer-of-ccna-2026 as I am currently making my way through NetworkChuck’s Summer of CCNA course. I am pretty behind in the course as I initially intended to join when it first launched on May 5th. But I do what I can and begin to make progress. When I first started this course the UI didn’t click for me immediately but after taking some time with the website’s interface I got the hang of it.  

10:45am

I take a break from the lesson plan and going over my notes. I handle a few chores and responsibilities, and as I do I overlap my duties with an instrument that helps me along the way. I loop this instrumental so I don’t really toggle much with the YouTube app much as I often find myself listening to instrumentals for hours and I try to have my YouTube premium subscription active at all times(so no toggling with my phone to skip ads & commercials). 

3:00pm

I am back studying for my CCNA exam on the NetworkChuck Academy website. We are learning about network traffic and vital configurations that are viable depending on the hardware and devices that we build our network from. 

7:30pm

I am cooking dinner and I passively go over some terms for the CCNA. I do this by playing a podcast going over the terms that I will benefit from being familiar with by the time my CCNA exam rolls around. This was one of the key methods that helped me grasp the vocabulary and terminology for when I was preparing to take my Security+ exam. I haven't scheduled my CCNA exam just yet, but I began to reflect back on when I scheduled my exam for the Security+. I provided personal details and bank/ debit card information. And upon test day I presented two forms of ID and took a photo with the testing center.

11:00pm 

I'm usually up pretty late but tonight I call it in early. I just do my nightly routine and head to bed. As I prepared for bed I listened to some commentary on a gaming event that I missed earlier in the day. The site I use for this is free and requires no subscription, but there are ads presrnted.

Welcome to my 24-hour Media Diet Journal. I am publishing this post as one of my Digital Media Literacy class's assignments. I have documented my Friday for the date May 22nd, 2026. This media diet entry reflects pretty well how often I use media throughout different instances amongst my day to day work/ life balance. It was an overall good day as I had a smooth work day, got both academic and personal tasks done as well as learning a new thing about one of the disciplines that I’m passionate about in life.

5:45am:

I typically start my day from various different times ranging between 5:45am-7:00am. For this exercise, I woke up at the beginning of that time range rather than the latter. As I start my day I brush my teeth and head to grab some gas. As I drive for work, this is an imperative resource that I like to make sure that I have enough of to ensure a smoother workday. Throughout this part of the day if I am not on the phone with my partner or other people of whom are close to me, depending on the material, I typically have YouTube as the forefront or a passive hum in the background as I complete these tasks. These YouTube videos are typically those of news reporting channels, instrumentals, or info relevant across varying of my personal interests.

7:30am

Along with tangible time sheets, I clock into work using my work app. My employee app is a form of media in my day.

10:30pm

As the warehouse’s local driver I am in and out of the warehouse pretty frequently. Aside from assisting with warehouse operations, during my breaks/ downtime at work I tend to finish lingering paperwork, check on emails, or spend some time on the Stellarium app. I come across an artifact from the appls Ui and find an interesting planet by it.

11:05am

I am sent to an adjacent route to deliver to a customer that is in the neighboring city of my assigned route. I take this time to listen to some interesting facts on the dwarf planet Haumea. 

7:00pm

I finish up some work for my studies at home. I prepared some food and layered an 808 pattern over an old melody loop of mine that I was listening to as I completed my work.

9:00pm