let me help you be That Girl™️ today: Software Engineering Style 👩💻
Not to sound like my meditations app, but take a deep breath and feel into this moment. It will pass like many others before. How do you want to remember it? 🧘♀️
Nostalgic "That Girl" Autumn Romanticized Morning Routine Mini-Playlist
Recommended for: brushing your teeth, having breakfast, checking your notifications, commuting, etc.
The Calculation by Regina Spektor
Fools Like Me by Lisa Loeb
Hold On by Wilson Phillips
Hand in My Pocket by Alanis Morissette
How Learning to Run Engineering Sprints Improved My Daily Life
Don't Overcommit — List everything you "need" to get done, then scope it down to the absolute bare minimum for this week. Then throw in some items that will improve your quality of life and happiness. To quote my former mentor, "What's the worst that could happen? We don't deliver. That just means we work on the same thing next sprint."
Backlog Grooming — Every quarter(ish), review your masterlist of everything you "need" to get done. Do you still care about it? Is it still relevant? If it helps, sort out your priorities according to Must-Haves (e.g. my education), Want-to-Have (e.g. my books, my favorite food), Nice-to-Have (e.g. the cute stationary at Daiso).
Clearly Define Your Tasks — I actually don't entirely believe in this one. Works great for larger projects containing aspects you're already familiar with, but in other cases, time can be better spent just hacking away at the problem, which makes it easier to pivot too when something isn't working. To quote my senior, "The power of YOLO-ing it."
💌: Yes, friends, we're changing up the format again. I like to keep things ~interesting ✨ around here, as you know 😉
