Some Updates on the Site
I had so many plans for last week, but I got really sick (the flu and sinusitis) and ended up getting absolutely nothing done. I'm trying to avoid taking antibiotics...
This week, I'll try to launch the Layout Generator! I created it to help people who are just getting started on making websites. I'm still not completely happy with all the fonts I picked, but as I got sicker, my creativity slowly started disappearing too lol...
About the Layout Generator: For the color palettes, I went with COLOURlovers. I picked some of the most popular palettes and incorporated them into the generator.
About Lab Notes: I made that whole pixel-art lab scene myself, and holy sh*t, it was SO much work. I spent an entire week just working on that! By the time I got to making the characters, I was completely drained and ended up using a sprite generator (and yes, they use AI for that). My plan is to eventually create my own sprites, but I honestly have no idea when I'll have the time. Unfortunately, this will be one part of my site that involves AI.
I also have two more layouts ready to upload to the templates page, but I still need to organize the images.
About my personal life: I'm currently heading into my third year of my PhD, and I'm still depending on other people to analyze my histology slides. I'm also preparing for three different civil service exams, all happening in November. It's absolute madness!
To make things even more exhausting, we had elections this year, and fighting for the good side to win was genuinely draining (but we won!).
This year has been a complete roller coaster: divorce, adjusting to a new routine, PhD experiments, a new boyfriend, exams... I really hope everything turns out okay, because my mental health has definitely had its ups and downs.
I don't know if I've mentioned this here before, but I spent two years losing weight (for health reasons), and I'm finally at a really healthy weight, with a physique I'm genuinely happy with. But with all this end-of-year chaos, I've already gained 3 kg back... It's crazy how anxiety makes you eat more, especially when you're studying for an exam...
Anyway, that's life... Everything is going to be okay! :)