Improving Mental Health + A New Career Plan

 

I spoke with Dr. Fowler today about my progress on ideas of reference.  He said he thinks that the gestures are not necessarily mentally ill, but just normal gestures from normal people.  Either way, it's great that I can now tell that the people making faces at H-E-B are not "government spies" or whatever.  I'm getting better! :-)


I am also re-evaluating my career.  I had been thinking of maybe re-applying to Burlington as a floor sales associate or whatever at Houston, TX, store.  Then I had a better idea:  What if I learned Python + mySQL + Django, and built a few projects?  I have already worked with Python and mySQL (with PHP) before, but I don't know Django.  I have 5 very good project ideas to work on, and I could take a free online Harvard course on Python that I found out about due to Google AI.  So I could build a really strong portfolio and then apply to Python jobs in the Houston, TX, area.  :).  It sounds like a really good idea to me, and it's worth a shot...worst-case scenario, it'll be a waste of a couple of months of time.  I'm going to find the Harvard course tomorrow that Google AI mentioned, and start giving it a shot.  I should be able to get a car once my disability money starts, and then it would be a good idea to try to get a high-paying programmer job in this area.  At around the same time, I'll tackle getting the bogus charges against me dismissed in court, with a different lawyer that I would hire.


Wish me luck!

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