I checked my dashboard, I wasn’t chosen for the consultancy gig I applied for. There were others but they weren’t a match. There was one that I could chew on but the rate was low so it was a no-go for me.

This would slow down my plan.

I need to push to get more side gigs. My boss is already driving me insane—causing my Monday anxiety so much.

People resign because of bad managers. I’m a testament to that. As my high school friend told me last night over dinner (I cooked for them and her kids), I cannot afford to just let go and say, “fuck you, I’m leaving!”

“You have kids that you’re sending to a private school. You can’t just walk away like that. That’s why I’m going through all this circus for my PhD (in Belgium) so that I have an ace with me when things go south,” she said.

This is the signal that I should really take that short course on data analytics in May.