2017 Highlights + 2018 Goals

This year started a bit rough, with a layoff, followed by nonstop hustling for the next gig. After I got my next gig, I experienced peace and understood what it meant to slow down.


 2017 Highlights

  • Attended SXSW 2017 and created a successful career campaign
  • Watched inspirational talks at Awwwards 2017 and met like-minded designers
  • Attained freelance gigs in fintech, VR, and edutech
  • Won an entertainment tech hackathon
  • Created clickable prototypes using HTML/CSS at AI, career-focused, and eCommerce hackathons
  • Created Swift prototype for a food swapper app (took on the dev role, while a dev took the designer role)
  • Stomped grapes at an Italian festival
  • Watched globs of hot lava flowing in Hawaii
  • Adventured domestically with my partner
  • Started to read again, and finished Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Brave New World, Lord of the Flies, and Hooked
  • New city, new job


 2017 Travels:

  • Australia: Sydney
  • Maldives
  • Spain: Barcelona, Madrid
  • Washington State: Seattle
  • Hawaii: Hilo and O'ahu


What's coming up in 2018?

  • Become a speaker at a meetup and/or conference
  • Continue reading 1-2 books/month
  • Finish Swift course and continue to hone coding skills
  • Re-start Keto and fitness plan of workouts 3-4x a week
  • Make an impact at work
  • Meet up with friends/new contacts 2-4x a month
  • Finish punny book and illustrations
  • Publish book

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