My last monthly win thread before going on maternity leave What are your wins for May? No matter how big or small they are, share them here, we’d love to celebrate them with you
My wins for this month:
Professional: @simon_tomes starting and sharing all things community with him
Professional: Getting the updates to The Club rolled out at last
Personal: Got lots of gifts purchased in advance for upcoming occasions rather than last minute. Feels good to be prepared
Thank you so much for all you’ve done for this community, @heather_reid !!
My wins for the month:
Bought MoT Pro for my team
I hosted my first webinar at work, and they didn’t fire me. In fact, I have another to host in June
Had enough spare time to take brunch with my wife, out one day while the kids were at school. It was weird
Attended a day tutorial on test strategy and risk analysis
Testing Peers celebrated our first anniversary this month and so have released new content every week instead of fortnightly, it’s been fun, but tiring
I got my first Pfizer shot
Saw the actual sea for the first time in forever
Launched the Covax fundraiser for @undevelopedbruce and my TestBash Home marathon attendance, and are almost halfway to our target already.
Part of it without any job tasks I managed my time as I wanted, it’s amazing ! I invite everyone to take break between 2 jobs
Did 2 new talks, one was extremely successful the other was out of my comfort zone but I did the best I could do, it stressed me a lot while preparing it (in that short period 2 slides decks one french + one english) but I learned a lot from it and it could be better next time.
Randomly I won via instagram 3 books on their way to me
Enjoyed the testing community rackets and I even did one !
Where are the months going? That said it is getting us to TestBash Home quicker
Pro:
Celebrated my first year with my company. Still not been to the office!
Some really good software testing bootcamp sessions and useful feedback to improve it further
The company accessibility statements I created have been approved and are waiting implementation
Started working on an accessibility roadmap for the company (and myself)
Had a really good meeting with a designer about the user experience for keyboard and screen reader users. Going beyond compliance and considering a comparable ‘great’ experience using our software.
Personal:
Had a meal out for the first time in forever. Felt very weird.
Got my second vaccine
Booked someone to replace our garden fence as the first step in a remodel. Why are fences so expensive???
Spoke to someone for the first time after being connected on LinkedIn for years. Was a really fun conversation including discussing the appetite for a Poetry in Business Conference focusing on the power of words in business.
I’m sure I have made some wins, but all I can think about is getting through the month It’s still tough being at home all the time for work. Getting through it and keeping occupied