Highlights for the week
The week came and went super-fast. The front-half of the week was successful with getting the mobile emulator set up for proxy. Now I can extend my pen testing to mobile.
The back-half of the week was dedicated to personal medical stuff, both for myself and wife. Wednesday was an all-day outing and yesterday was spent recuperating. Friday was supposed to have some bloodwwork done, but the appointment got rescheduled due to some missing information.
Job hunt still going strong. Well below my 10 job quota, but I did submit some new applications for decent jobs. Saddened about not landing Fora. But like the saying goes, that which was meant for you will not pass you by.
MONDAY
Affirmation: RECLAIM YOUR MASCULINE ENERGY
Not a lot happeing on the job front. Mondays tends to be super-quiet.
Sadly, I did not get the nod for Fora, the travel app. Sucks because it looked like a cool gig. It's ok, the title of "Junior" sucked.
Since the weekend, I've been on another wave length. Even had a great convo with wife yesterday.
TUESDAY
Affirmation: GOD IS GOOD!!
Woke up feeling amazing. Literally floating on air. In the best mood I've been in I don't know how long. It has to do with the "wounded boy" videos I've been listening to over the weekend .. so eye opening.
Grateful for the setback. It was necessary to have this time to really truly heal and become self-actualized. Now the next bit is the inner work and deciding WTF I want to do with the rest of my life. Pen Testing is great, but the market is saturated. I keep looking for QA roles, but that is getting shipped overseas. I want to publish books, but are people still reading and do I have anything worth telling. The search continues, but I will not go to my grave not having used my talents. That would be the ultimate sin. Nevermind all the dumb s!@#$ I've done.
Android learning continues.
WEDNESDAY
Affirmation: LUCK IS THE UNION OF PREPARATION AND CONSISTENCY
Quiet day .. not a lot got done. The good win was getting the device to proxy to burp. Let the Android PT games begin.
THURSDAY
Affirmation: KEEP GRINDING
Lots of learning with Hex Tree. Not much else
FRIDAY
Affirmation: DAILY INTENT - WHAT WILL I DO TODAY THAT MOVES ME FORWARD!
The morning started with the intent to get some blood work done as part of the program to get my Testosterone levels checked. Had to reschedule.
Setting weekend goals as these past two days went quiet in terms of personal projects, job hunting, etc.
What We’re Grateful For
- Awesome weather this week. Always grateful for that!!
- Grateful that I have some money in the back that will get me through the next few months. Not comfortable by any stretch, but hoping to land a job soon.
- Forever grateful for the family. Keep calm, but forever hopeful for what the good Lord is going to bless us with.
What We Loved
- Outside of weather, it was a quiet week. Loved the quality sleep these last few days.
- Loved that I found the "healing the inner boy" videos. I need to get started on the inner work.
What We Learned
- QA DAY: [Status: TO DO!] Need to bump this to next week. Personal priorities impacted completion of this.
- Cloud Security Fundamentals [Status: TO DO!!] Need to bump this to next week.
- AI Pen Testing [Status: TO DO!!] Leaving this here so I don't forget that I legit want to learn this.
- Hex Tree - Network Interception Module [Status: IN PROGRESS!]
- Writing: "Husb..." [Status: IN PROGRESS!! ] The Lady Hecate/Cetus scene needs a rewrite. They should die together.
- Hex Tree - Start / ADB Proxy Module [Status: DONE!] So happy that I got the emulator to work with the burp proxy.
Reversed the order of this list so it gives me a better prioritization of tasks.
TO DO
IN PROGRESS
DONE
What We Longed For
- Great job with great people, making great money doing amazing work. Will happily welcome a good QAE role, but I really want Security Consulting.
What We Loathed
- 2026 Job Market
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