I found out that you can set status messages for when you're away from your computer on Teams.
So I made this creative project to challenge myself to write something new and fun every day. This is a snapshot into the Wild West of my mind that I've let loose every day since that discovery.
It started off pretty simply. Made a parody ad read like you might find on a podcast or Shark Tank pitch:
Then it grew into me thinking about life in quarantine and being a little cynical about it:
I had a moment of self reflection and realized I wasn't sticking to my goal of writing something fun, so I tried to double down and make things more fun:
And in case you're wondering, yes that mud bit is very real, and very stupid. I love baseball so much. Here's some of my final favorite ones that I'm pretty proud of:
And once again, sadly, the Blue Öyster Cult thing is very real, and very stupid. But it's also a pretty decent song, so I can't be that mad.
I've been at this for about 70 or 80 days at this point, and I have no plans of stopping. It's truly been a bright spot of my quarantine, and has made at least 3 coworkers' days at least slightly better since I've started as well. That's really all I can ask for.