Welcome 2024
·2 mins
On 2023:
- Somewhere in the middle of the year, I was wondering how great it’d be if 2 things happened before the year closed: I got promoted to Principal Engineer and the US government approved my EB-1A petition for a green card. Both of these seemed tall order back then, primarily because many things were outside my control. However, quite incredibly, they both went through!
- We finally visited Europe. It was second time for me, albeit after almost 10 years, and first for wife and kiddo. We also traveled to Big Island, Hawaii. So, travel wise, we did good.
- I spent a lot of time on side projects, probably more than I should have. For instance, I improved my self-hosting setup, switch from iOS to GrapheneOS-on-Pixel and got started on smart home automation. I want to continue those things next year but through a better time-commitment routine.
- I am also grateful that everyone in family is healthy and doing well. Especially, the kiddo is groing up well.
As for 2024:
- Most of the things I wrote last year are still applicable.
- Don’t collect new content and continue consuming what I already have.
- Stay healthy. More outdoor-sy stuff.
- Stick to tools I use and not go tool chasing (if that’s a word).
- Active, less passive, content consumption.
- As I wrote above, I’d like to continue on side-projects but build a sustainable time-commitment routine. My early thought right now is to pick side-projects only on weekends, and that too just 1 per weekend.
- Switch companies?