Blog posts filed under “Personal”

2020 was certainly a year. Looking back on it, I tried to find some good parts to carry into 2021.

Trying to pick these back up, many months into COVID quarantine... Here's a recap of the past few months.

COVID-19 forced me and much of the world to stay indoors... Here's how that's started off for me.

This one was published so embarrassingly behind schedule it's pretty abbreviated.

My monthly reviews take on a new format in 2020. Big story this month: I moved from Queens to Brooklyn.

2019 was a roller coaster of a year... This is a long look back at what happened, and how I feel about it and the new year ahead of me.

The end of the year is always a busy time for me. This year was no exception.

A pretty eventful month - a couple trips, a sad departure, and dipping my toe back into dating...

October was a notably busier month than September - highlighted by announcing my promotion at work, and a week-long vacation in Seattle!

Publishing this much, much too late so it's pretty brief. That and September was a relatively low key month.

An expensive month, but a fitting celebratory end to summer.

Pretty packed month, which meant the goals I set slipped by. Still, this summer has been pretty awesome so far.

A big company event and some traveling to the south are the big highlights for June.

May was a pretty great month. A trip to Boston, a weekend with an old friend, and some new team members joining at work.

For the second time in my adult life, I've found myself rethinking the concept of home. I still don't think I have a definition. But I think I'm finding some comfort in not having one.

April was a serious rollercoaster of a month. But like any good rollercoaster, you step off feeling great - and things are looking up.

A very busy, productive month that came to a harsh end.

February held an exciting vacation and a couple other events. Despite that, or perhaps because of it, a notable increase in productivity as well.

January was a relatively calm month after the excitement of the holidays.

After debating it for months, I'm finally pulling the trigger and quitting Facebook. Here's why, and how you can keep hearing from me when I've left The Social Network.

2018 was a packed, pretty exhausting, but overall good year.

December was a fast month, featuring a long end-of-year break from work.

November was a pretty eventful month.

It's been a full year since I moved to New York City... Time has really flown!

A couple celebrations, a short vacation and reasonable achievement of my focus goals make September pretty solid.

The end of summer brought quite a few plans, which was fun, but as a result I didn't complete my focus goals for the month.

I've been pretty busy and managed to miss my review last month, so here's June and July together.

Published extremely late, but a look back at January.

Being more productive, and an exciting vacation are the main highlights of the month.

A look back at 2017; a year that was not at all what I expected it to be.

A look back at the end of the year.

I've been in New York for 2 months already - it's starting to feel normal.

My first month in New York City has been interesting. Settling in, trying to figure out what life is now.

September was a hectic month, with some enormous (but exciting!) life changes.

Ending the summer on a pretty strong note.

Good news financially and solid progress on my goals made July pretty great.

My most productive month so far this year, good progress on my workout routine, but my wallet is not as stoked about June.

Time off from work, some celebrations, and new goals. May was pretty good.

One year older, but that's probably the biggest thing that changed this month.

Mostly good news for my health stats, not so great news for my finances. March was a mixed bag.

Strong goal progress made this month pretty alright.

My monthly reviews take a new format this month. Take a look, and let me know what you think!

Last year I set out to make 2016 "better". I think it was, but not entirely how I intended. 2017 will require a little more methodical approach.

Filled with traveling, December was a hectic end to the year.

November wasn't so bad. A little less sleep, possibly some changing habits, and a Christmas wish to not go broke.

And so do you.

The theme here is that September was expensive. Thanks to traveling, and car-related expenses, I completely blew my budget, but that’s okay.

Looking back on August, 2016.

In which I recount most of my accomplishments from college, and reflect a little on what the whole experience ultimately taught me.

July wasn't quite what I wanted, but not terrible.

June was the first full month post-graduation, so it was mostly about establishing a new normal. On that front I think I did well, but

I look back on May, a particularly hectic month. I graduated from college! Next month is all about finding a new normal.

March was a little hectic at times, but overall not too different from February. The big news is that I accepted a job for after graduation!

February sees the return of a packed schedule. It's reflected in the numbers, and I'm looking ahead for a happier March.

I've been looking for my first post-graduation job; it's pretty demoralizing for an unfortunate reason.

A look back on the month of January, some interesting stats, and what to focus on for February.

Somewhat vaguely committing to making 2016 better than 2015.

The last few weeks have been an insane emotional rollercoaster and I'm learning to embrace it.

Reflecting on my experience eating Soylent for (almost) a week.

I learned about the meal replacement Soylent a while ago. A recent update finally convinced me to give it a try.

I decided to take a more natural-for-me approach to designing my résumé.

2015 will be full of a lot more reading for me.

I've recently made a substantial shift in employment and my new schedule has me all mixed up.

I completely failed at this week's Beanstalk goal, but that's okay. These kind of things always leave me questioning the way I schedule my time, though.

I made a very small amount of progress this week. I finally wrote some code. It sucks.

The first look at how I think Beanstalk will be structured and how I got there.

I firmly believe in the value of side projects, and I think it's time I started on a new one. This time, I turn to Java.

A brief essay outlining my choice in becoming a minimalist.

Resolving to live with less to have a whole lot more in 2014.

Taking a look back on all 2013 had to offer for me.

Starting an easier, freer way of life.

Exploring the interesting issue of being "friends" on Facebook despite having a fully public Twitter account.