Mentally healthy ownership
How do I break down my ego without breaking down my spirit?
🧠#94: Finding monkeys
This week’s update shares my experience with yet another psychiatrist and noticing my recent increase in OCD symptoms.
Meditative Sketchnotes Workshop
Mike Rohde and I conducted a workshop yesterday to share about meditative sketchnotes. This was our first time running this workshop, and while we learned a few things to improve for the next run, we were happy with how it turned out.
Here is the sketchnote I created during the workshop:
Product Hive Presentation
I was thrilled to join with the rest of my product team at work to share a case study of our process operating within constraints.
💮 Trying stand-up comedy
I have long nursed a secret desire to do stand-up comedy, although I have allowed my fears to hold me back from trying. I finally made the attempt as part of my OCD recovery, and enjoyed the experience.
💮 Health meters presentation
As I have had my own experience with mental health over the last year or so, I have found that looking at my own health in a more holistic way to be extremely helpful.
🧪 UI-TDD with Xcode Part II
As I wrote about last month, I was able to speak at Cocoaheads on some work we have been doing with Xcode UI Testing. I am speaking again tonight at a different Cocoaheads group, which is exciting for me. I had created a sample project for my presentation last month, but lost the project when my computer died and had to get the logic board replaced. I have recreated the sample project, and am happy to share it here:
🧪 UI-TDD with Xcode
Last week I had the opportunity to present at our local Cocoaheads meetup. At work, I have been focused on testing more as of late, and have been working to get our UI tests in much better shape.