Jekyll2026-04-23T19:12:15+00:00https://csanicola.github.io/feed.xmlblankA place for expressing my thoughts and show off projects I'm currently working on and have completed. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design. Writing Habit Transformation - Day 022026-04-23T12:23:08+00:002026-04-23T12:23:08+00:00https://csanicola.github.io/blog/2026/Day%2002Writing Habit Transformation - Day 02

Day 02 of trying to write things down more and although I did not contribute the very next day, I purposely planned it that way. I didn’t want to put pressure on myself to keep up a habit from scratch consecutively because that is always how I quite things. By assuming that as soon as I miss a day then the habit is immediately stopped. The goal has ended. Because starting from scratch again sounds too draining. I thought I notice I frequently have when I make a poor decision or make a choice I know isn’t the one I should be making is when I pretend a documentary of my life has been made like a typical Netflix docuseries where they do a smash cut of all the moments leading up to the downfall of my life and I think what would be included and those times are in there.

Anyway….none of this is coherent enough to be working towards meaningful writing but I do have to say the simple act of writing is what is currently helping. Not keeping thoughts jumbled around or revising things I want to say/thing but in such a refinement without it ever coming out that it just eventually drives me mad.

The goal for the rest of today and tomorrow is pulling back onto the track because I can feel in impending derailment and if you aren’t the one keeping yourself in check, then who else is it supposed to be?

]]>Writing Habit Transformation - Day 012026-04-21T18:33:00+00:002026-04-21T18:33:00+00:00https://csanicola.github.io/blog/2026/Day%2001This is day one of trying to be a more active writer by starting with just putting down my thoughts in whatever form they appear in my head and in a mostly unedited way. I do know I have a tendency to write and speak in run on sentences so I will be trying to work on that. I was listening to a podcast recently where this was addressed. They talk about writing losing its cadence know and how words flow. Or poignant repetition. Eventually, I want to be writing more cohesive think pieces about things that interesting me but in which I am in no way an expert on. If I keep spending my entire life waiting until I become the most informed on something in order to not be wrong or misinformed, then I will never write anything in my life. /uplo

]]>What I Learned This Week2025-05-09T18:33:00+00:002025-05-09T18:33:00+00:00https://csanicola.github.io/blog/2025/what-i-learned-this-weekWhat I Learned This Week

In my quest to becoming the best surgical data analyst.

In the ongoing onslaught of AI integration into almost every field but especially in the field of data science and analytics, I’ve been trying to rush forward with learning as much as I can on all of the programming languages and platforms without having to rely on AI so heavily. Having graduated with a degree in Health Informatics, we were just knowing about AI and ChatGPT as we were in the middle of midterms so it was something that we were aware of but not something we would think would completely change the field in the way that it has. It’s also alarming how even while in school, we were relying on these AI chatbots to help not so much complete our assignments but carry us through with heavily guiding what we should be doing with our code. Also, since our program itself was so short, I feel like we got a taste of what is possible with programming and healthcare data but not enough detailed instructions so since then I’ve been trying to fill in those gaps. I’ve been simultaneously working on several online courses but shuffling between R, Python, SQL, and whatever else I deem might be helpful. The problem with this is that learning so many things simultaneously is like patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time. Many of the generalized practices in each language is slightly differing so you end up mashing them all together in your brain and get confused as to what language does what.

I have enjoyed all of the courses on freeCodeCamp because most of their courses have projects that are applicable to real life and are very enjoyable to follow along with each step. They also don’t hand hold you with providing the answer and expect you to figure it out with previous knowledge or rely on the community forums to get hints (but you are not allowed to post actual answers). It makes it satisfying to learn because you really have to investigate why your code isn’t passing and what could be the issue especially since there are so many variations on how to code things. So this week, I’ve been focusing on SQL (but since accessing the workspace for using bash to program with SQL is very annoying, I’ve been more reluctant to use it) and my favorite so far is the Scientific Computing with Python.

What I’ve learned this week is that you really need to be focused on what you are trying to learn because multitasking with a tv show or sports game in the background (and even some types of music) can be too distracting and all of a sudden you are not paying attention and you get to a point in the project where it is referencing back to something you should have already known and now you have to figure out where you missed it and it becomes a hassle. It’s also hard at this point to guage whether I will be focusing more on SQL in my future work or python so as of now, I will be focusing on finishing my Python training but we will see if that will come back to haunt me in the future.

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