Weekly Goals: Week of 8/11/19
Tags: devjournal, codenewbie, webdev, writing
Published: 2019-08-12 15:13:16

Happy Monday and welcome to another weekly roundup! This is my weekly thread on what I did or didn't do last week, what happened, and what my goals are for this new week. Let's get started! 

##Last Week’s Goals##
<ul>
<li>3 Blog Posts</li>
    <ul>
     <li><em>One of which being my first technical blog</em> &#x2611;</li>
    </ul>
<li>Meeting with my mentor</li>
<li>Continue working on JS 30 &#x2611;</li>
<li>Portfolio Redesign &#x2611;</li>
    <ul>
    <li><em>Anything I create I want to be clean, semantic, and meaningful - No extra fluff</em></li>
        <li><em>Include some JS but don't rely on it</em></li>
    </ul>
<li>Continue working through my Treehouse Track &#x2611;</li>
<li><em>Bonus: Start my React course on Udemy</em></li>
</ul>

##What Happened?##
Let's get through what I <em>didn't</em> get done last week.

<ul>
<li>Writing 3 Blog Posts</li>
</ul>

I didn't have anything new or exciting for my "Journey to My New Career" series and this is the first week I didn't write anything for it. I'm not too upset about it, however, as I was able to get my <a href="https://dev.to/ryan_furrer/simple-javascript-theme-toggle-46ea">first technical blog</a> out into the world! I'd like to write more of these as I continue learning so I can give back and hopefully help all of you out in some way, shape, or form!

<ul>
<li>Meeting with my mentor</li>
</ul>

I try to have a weekly video call with my mentor, <a href"https://twitter.com/lannonbr">Benjamin Lannon</a>, who I found via <a href="https://codingcoach.io/">coadingcoach.io</a>. This week, however, I did not feel well and accidentally slept through our appointment - sorry, Ben!

![screenshot of codingcoach.io website](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/1nxfky97foavqxi9kb4v.png)

><em>I already spoke to him regarding this - if you ever have a mentor or teacher please communicate with them as much as you can. Remember, they are giving up <b>their</b> time to <b>you</b>.


##Moving Forward##

My new portfolio site is almost done! This is what I have been working on the most and I am very excited to unveil it. I am hoping to complete it by next Saturday, August 17th. Here's a quick peak: 

![screenshot of Ryan Furrer's website banner](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/s918wev6azgiocoilknd.png)
<figcaption>This isn't a finished project, please no judging</figcaption>

After my portfolio site is done, I have a new project to work on - a website for my father's local business. This is going to be the biggest site and project I've worked on but I have some great ideas and want to get it underway for him.

###This Week’s Goals 8/12/19 - 8/18/19###
<ul>
<li>Finish portfolio site redesign</li>
<li>Write blog about portfolio site redesign</li>
<li>Video call with mentor</li>
<li>Continue working on Wes Bos' <a href="https://javascript30.com/">JS 30</a></li>
<li>Get started on new project</li>
<li>KEEP LEARNING JAVASCRIPT </li>
</ul>

I feel like my goals are just kind of broad lately. Learn this, keep working on that, write blogs. But that is what I am doing right now - learning and absorbing as much as possible. Writing these blogs helps me reflect on the past week and see where I was and where I'm going.


As usual, feel free to comment down below or you can always reach out to me on <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanfurrer_dev">Twitter</a>.