--- title: Year in Review date: 2018-12-31 tags: life tldr: What. A. Year. --- So much has happened this year, not just for me but my wife as well. Let's dig in. ## I quit Instagram A year prior I quit Facebook proper but it seemed disingenuous to continue using Instagram. Knowing that I was still in FB Land made me feel gross so my last post was New Years Day. ## Attained Wakandan Citizenship Black Panther was the greatest movie of the year. I want Kimoyo Beads[1] *badly*. ## Moved to Tennessee Family friends invited us to stay with them while 1) I found a new job and 2) we found a home of our own. I *would not* recommend this as it was stressful in several annoying ways but it was only four months. Lessons learned? - Trust your gut (in hindsight, I should have seen my layoff coming) - Have a savings fund ## Got more serious about projects Socii[2] saw improvements, Chew[3] was launched, and I released some open-source[4] modules[5] and[6] configs[7] on npm. Along the way, I discovered better "good practices" and I'm keen on improving them further in the new year. Oh, and I transitioned from GitLab to Gitea[8]. GitLab is a resource hog and reminds of old Wordpress. I am much happier with Gitea and it is customizable! I haven't done any customization though, haha. My wife delved into sewing more, improved her skills tenfold, and is becoming known in the sewing community. I now have intermediate knowledge about cover stiches and what stiches look like when using 1-3 needles. ## Bought more indie music Stream life is just not for me, at least music-wise. Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music…none of it sticks with me. I've found myself using Bandcamp a lot more this year and I mean a LOT. Some awesome musicians I've discovered are LAKIM[9], マクロスMACROSS 82-99[10], Eric Lau[11], Dent May[12], The PLAYlist[13], leon chang[14], YUNG BAE[15]…I could keep going but that small list should keep your ears busy for a couple hours. ## FIN For the past couple years I've ended my annual review posts with my top nine popular Instagram posts but since I don't use that platform anymore…here are some favorited images from my phone. 📸[My favorite photos from the past few months][IMG1] This time next year, Socii will have photo functionality. 🕸 --- [1]: http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Kimoyo_Beads [2]: https://socii.network [3]: https://chew.sh [4]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vne [5]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/chewit [6]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@inc/eslint-config [7]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@inc/sasslint-config [8]: https://gitea.io [9]: https://lakimisalive.bandcamp.com [10]: https://macross82-99.bandcamp.com [11]: https://ericlau.bandcamp.com [12]: https://dentmay.bandcamp.com [13]: https://theplaylist.bandcamp.com [14]: https://leyawn.bandcamp.com [15]: https://yungbaebae.bandcamp.com --- [IMG1]: https://🔥.pixels.wtf/blog/image/2018/yir.jpg