🎉 Achieving Milestones: My First Portfolio! 🎉

You guys. YOU GUYS. Today, I'm absolutely buzzing to share a milestone that felt like it would never actually happen: I finished my very first web development portfolio! For a project in my Global Accelerating course, no less. And honestly? Seeing this fake website come to life after what felt like a million brain cells melted and a few too many moments wondering if my quails were plotting against me, it feels amazing. 🌟

Creating this thing from scratch was definitely not a walk in the park. We're talking countless hours of brainstorming, designing, and then the actual coding of a fake website that, somehow, had to meet course requirements AND represent my chaotic-yet-creative brain in action. This project seriously pushed me. I learned new tools, new techniques, and definitely broadened my understanding.

The most rewarding part, aside from the sheer relief of it being done, was taking all that theoretical "blah blah" from lectures and actually making something tangible. It's a wild reminder that perseverance (and maybe a little bit of stubbornness) really pays off. It's not always pretty, and sometimes you just gotta laugh at the absurdity of it all, but growth is growth, right? And hey, if I can balance this with pharmacy tech shifts and my small business, I think I'm doing something right.

So, spill the tea: What was your first "OMG I DID A THING!" project, and what wild, weird, or utterly ridiculous things did you learn from it? Let's share our stories – the good, the bad, and the unexpected moments! 🚀