Introduction

I've been noting down my goals and accomplishments regularly ever since I bought an iPad. I remember to be carrying out this practice so diligently during my school days but later somehow lost this habit. I'm not advertising the iPad in this post but I must admit that iPad has definitely simplified my life. The work culture of the organization where I am working currently has taught me to be more focused and goal oriented.

In my opinion , to get a sense of direction in life , one must reflect on his journey regularly and be grateful for the accomplishments en route to his goal.

Accomplishments in Hashnode in March,2022

Analytics

1) I've written and published 8 articles in this month including this one.

2) My blog views looks like this

3) Appreciation received

Badges earned

1) I earned Silver and Gold Badge in #2Article1WeekChallenge

2) I received WomenInTech Badge, awaiting T-Shirt

You can read my post here.

I had never received a swag from a technical website ,although received many goodies from my non-technical writing journey.

Articles got picked up by daily.dev

1) This article ; Women In Tech article got picked up by daily.dev

2) This article; Introducing one of the investors of Hashnode got picked up by daily.dev

Winner of Hashnode's Book Giveaway contest

Mentioned in 2 articles by Miki Szeles

1) My first month on Hashnode - retrospection about blogging on Hashnode developer Journaling Platform by Miki Szeles

2) Hashnode Weekly 004

Recreated cover pictures of my blogposts

I've always fascinated by cover pictures of so many bloggers in Hashnode. It will be unfair to mention only a few names. So, I recreated cover pictures of all my blogposts using Canva .

Status of other #100DaysOfX Challenges

Half-way through #100DaysOfCode Challenge

1) I'm on On Day-55 Here's a post summarizing my journey of #100DaysOfCode.

2) I've completed a course on SQL and started a course in responsive web design by FreeCodeCamp.

#100DaysOfWriting

1) I am on day-65 (including today) of #100DaysOfWriting Challenge. .

2) I contributed a self-composed poem ;You're in our prayers for the project of Make Poetry Not War by Poetizerto support Ukraine ; which has been compiled in this PDF and shared with the people of Ukraine.

3) My article got published in Eyes,Magazine

4) 9 years of blogging in my personal blog ; Creative-Constellation Bloganniversary : Celebrating 9 years of its existence

#100DaysOfReading

Currently , I am on Day-66 of reading. Thanks to my husband who pursued me to get an iPad and it has definitely improved my reading habits. I covered following books in this month;

1) Software Development from A to Z by Olga Filipova & Rui Vileo - Left it in the mid-way as I lost the interest.

2) The Almananck of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson - completed

3) The sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur - completed

4) Do the work by Steven Pressfield - completed

5) Our moon has blood clots by Rahul Pandita - in progress

6) Men without Women by Haruki Murakami - in progress

6) Atomic Habits by James Clear - in progress

I generally review the books in my personal blog and my GoodReads profile . In GoodRead's 2022 Reading challenge, this has been my progress so far

#100DaysOfMeditation

I'm on day-37 of meditation. I've not been consistent at all in meditation for which I have little regret. I'm going to work on it.

Learning German on DuoLingo App

1)I'm on 251 day strike (including today) on Duolingo App and I am just enjoying learning German now.

2) I also completed March's Challenge.

Movies Watched

I watched The Kashmir Files which was about the exodus of Kashmir Pandits . The movie opened up the eyes of people towards an issue which has been laying hidden for last 32 years! I was so disturbed after watching that movie that the scenes kept rewinding in my mind for next 3-4 days. Then I picked up Book No.5 as mentioned above.

Personal Achievements

1) I got my second jab which was very painful (but little less than my first jab)but I recovered after days.

2) I celebrated my second marriage anniversary on 4th Mar.

Targets for the next month ; April,2022

• In technical sphere , I will try to complete Responsive Web Design by FreeCodeCamp

• For other challenges , I will try to be as consistent as possible.

Final Note

I've been extremely motivated by so many bloggers here by their level of expertise, commitment and I have been appreciating their work. Hashnode has been a blessing to many ,especially to people from non-CS or IT background . I've learned a lot from so many bloggers here and am learning a lot. At the end, I'm enjoying this phase of learning by writing.