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Discussion on: Do you have any energy and time for your personal goals after a full day of work at your job?

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Molly Struve (she/her)

YES! I recently started blogging and applying to speak at conferences so after work I usually like to do a little bit of that. I used to come home from work and either go and ride horses or I would sit on the couch and watch TV. Basically, I replaced the TV watching with blogging and writing CFPs. In the end, I honestly don't miss the TV much. I still get to it on the weekends or sneak in an hour after I have done some tech writing.

There are some days though where work was tough and all I want to do is let my brain veg out and do nothing tech related and that is 100% fine! I never try to force myself to write after work if I am not in the mood. I think bc I am pretty loose with my goals and I allow myself to be flexible I enjoy the writing a lot more than if I was forcing myself to get a blog post/week or something along those lines done.

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Ilona Codes

Wow! Impressive! πŸ˜ƒI am also trying to spend less time on TV and more on blogging, vlogging, conferences and self-improving. Keep doing it!