Hi peeps,

I'm playing 'Taking A Break' from Hamilton while I write this. Silly, I know. Today is the 24th of January. Do you know that that means? In a few days I'll be leaving London. Although I made this decision and I stand by my decision, I was still forced into making a decision. It's not a decision I would have made if I had not been made redundant. I do love London and my heart breaks a little to leave here. I've lived in the United Kingdom for more than four years and packing up everything to move back to New York is hard. I know I've talked about this so much but it's not something I can stop thinking about.

The other day I was so overwhelmed with everything going on (unemployment during a pandemic, moving countries, worrying about loads of other things) and I kind of shut down. I took a day off from everything. I did not workout, practice my Italian, practice my Japanese, go for a walk. None of the things that I normally enjoy, I just watched anime all day. It was great, I just relaxed and enjoyed the stories. I laughed and rolled my eyes, I completely let myself be taken in by the show. I did do a little bit of coding but not a lot.

Normally, I would feel bad about taking time off but I needed it. I needed to relax for a day. I was able recollect my thoughts and deal with my feelings and now I'm back on track. Not on packing track though. Tomorrow I will to finish my packing and will schedule for my covid test to be picked up on Tuesday.

In regards to coding, I've finished two more courses this week. I have two more courses to finish this specialization. I plan on finishing them this week. After this specialization, I'll try to start another specialization. There's two I like from the University of Michigan (the creators of the two python specializations I took): Statistics with Python and Applied Data Science with Python. I think that when I start looking for jobs, I'm going to look for ones that will allow me to use python on a weekly (hopefully daily) basis. That's why I'm going very hard right now. If I can get a job that uses python, I'll slow down a bit, if not, I'll keep working hard to get a job that does use python. I did get to go on a walk with my friend yesterday who pushed me to look for jobs that I think I'm unqualified for. What's the worst that'll happen? They say no. The pros are too high for me to not try.

Next time I write a post, I should hopefully be at my mom's house in New York.

Till next time,
Cope.