Annual Review 2023

December 31st, 2023 (10 months ago) • 2 minutes

  • Planned a retreat with a group of friends to reconnect.
  • I graduated as the best student in Monash.
  • Started my first full-time job as a data engineer, at MoneyLion.
  • Shipped a startup MVP called Narrative.ai in Backdrop.
  • Contributed to open source by fixing a bug in Airbyte.
  • Wrote 64 blog posts this year.
  • Finished watching The Expanse & Three-Body. Honestly, best sci-fi series ever.
  • Applied to 10+ universities for PhD and Masters.
  • I didn't read much books this year but I did read a lot of articles and papers. Curius is an awesome tool, seriously.
  • Started tweeting on twitter and realized what I missed out on.

2024

Resolutions are always something I set but forget along the way. This year, I want to try being more intentional about them, keeping track of them once in a while and see how am I progressing.

Personal growth

  • Read more books. At least 12 of them.
  • Meet and talk to someone new every week. Make at least 52 new friends and keep in touch with them.
  • Explore social media and increase my presence (get 1k followers on twitter). I've been a lurker for too long.
  • Spend less than 30 minutes daily on random social media scrolling.
  • Practice wabi sabi instead of perfectionism in life.
  • Keep track of time spent daily and categorize them.

Travel and Fun

  • Solo trip to the Philippines.
  • Visit Da Nang, Vietnam.
  • Learn cooking and be good enough that people actually like eating.
  • Find a personal sense of style. I like how James found his and it inspired me. (no more just hoodie, t-shirt and jeans)

Health

  • Build a healthy weekly exercise routine.
  • Build a good sleep routine. Wake up earlier and sleep earlier.
  • Take more cold showers than hot shower.

Side Hustle

  • Build and ship Narrative.ai or something cool and be successful at it.
  • Start a newsletter and grow it to 100 subscribers. Rabbit hole is a great inspiration for this.
  • Continue learning in public and write daily blogs.

Now, 365 days to go to own it.