I cannot believe it has been three whole months out of my six-month apprenticeship at Upgrow. It’s so cliche to say this, but I have honestly learned so much, grown so much, and become (it feels like) a totally different person.
Because, as the adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, I’m posting pictures of this ridiculous journey, in honor of this halfway point.
Taking off from the Pittsburgh Intl. Airport on a snowy March day 
Looking at space from the plane distracted me from the anxiety of moving across the country 
The little room we stayed in at the Berkeley Reach on the day we moved in 
A poster at the Berkeley Reach – the Latin translates roughly to “no savior has the savior, no lord has the leader, nor father nor mother, nothingness above” 
This guy played at the BART stop near my office one day, some of the most beautiful, haunting music I’ve ever heard 
Taken from the train on my way to work on one of my first days 
Went to the beach at the Embarcadero one day, absolutely beautiful 
Part of our little room – we moved into a group house after leaving Reach 
My dad texted me this, he finally framed the Christmas present I painted for him 
A table on the street offered pens and paper, I wrote some thoughts down 
Beautiful sunset in downtown SF 
Meant to go to the beach but it was raining, so got bubble tea instead
On top of living in an absolutely gorgeous city and taking pictures with my phone that could go on postcards, I have published nearly ten blog posts to clients’ blogs and edited hundreds of web pages to optimize their SEO. I’ve learned more about marketing within three months than years of college classes could teach me. And I live in the universal locus for technology, where everyone is smart in the very specific way that means they will be excellent connections for my career path.
I can only hope my life continues to be awesome going forward – for the next three months of my apprenticeship as well as in the more distant future.