This Month On Coil: My April Recap
It seems like only yesterday, I was writing my March recap; oh, how things have changed since then.
Time feels different now, and it has for the past month and a half. As I work in banking, I was considered an essential worker, so my life continued on as normal throughout the beginning of the shutdowns. But within the first week of this month, I was sent home on paid leave, so that the branches could operate on a skeleton team, and I could be called in as a healthy substitute in the event that one of my coworkers fell ill.
Being cooped up in the house hasn't been great for my mental and emotional state, but there have been plenty of positives, the main one being that I have had tons of time to work on blog posts and build up my creative skills!
I started a new series called Small Business Spotlight, writing about my favorite online shops to buy from while we can't physically go out and shop. I'm very proud of these posts; I still even go back and read them again once in a while!
I also took the extra time I had to do some research on branding myself and building a consistent, professional online presence, so naturally, I wrote about it:
Life In Technicolor Schemes: Branding
Last but not least, I finished an online course in digital marketing...
...as well as applied for an internship that would allow me to spend this summer working (remotely) doing digital work for one of many tech companies in my city! I would gain so much hands-on experience in the field that I love, and I was very excited for the opportunity. Fingers crossed!
All things considered, it's been a very productive month for me. I've had the time and inspiration to post almost daily on Coil, and I've made plenty of progress in my college classes as well. I'm hoping that this next month will bring recovery from the pandemic and that we are slowly able to get our normal lives back. But until then... I'll be spending my days right here on Coil, creating and taking in everyone else's creations!
Coil subscribers, keep on scrolling for a peek at another brand new skill I've acquired in quarantine!
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