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.