Document: WM-024                                                 P. Webb
Category: Life                                                2017.12.31

                             Year in review

Abstract

   Hoo boy, what a year

Body

   Keeping with the tradition of reviewing my year, let’s have a look
   back at my 2017.

   1. I visited Japan

      My buddy Jamar had the bright idea to order plane tickets to Japan
      in December of last year for September of this year. Of course, I
      paid him back within the first four months of 2017. Anyhoo, we
      stayed for two weeks (my other buddy Oliver stayed for a week) and
      it was one of the best experiences of my life. Holy moly. I
      still have a LOT of footage to get through. I’ve been meaning to
      post about my trip for quite some time but 60GB+ is too much to go
      through…or maybe I’m just lazy. Here’s a couple pics to whet
      your appetite:

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

   2. I proposed and got married

      During Easter I proposed to my longtime girlfriend and although we
      planned an semi-elaborate wedding, we decided to make it a small
      get-together. After all, we were financing things ourselves so it
      made the most sense. This was another great experience, especially
      because the weather leading up to and immediately after our
      wedding day was absolutely dreadful and cold. We took that as a
      sign of the universe approving our union.

      

      If you’re interested in learning how we met, you can check out
      both her post[1] and mine[2].

   3. I lost my job

      The startup I was working for went out of business in November.
      This was a mere four days after my wedding. 🤬 Yeah I know, fun
      right? Christmas a month later too? Good grief! Studies show
      that money is one of the major reasons behind divorce so I guess
      my wife and I were lucky that this happened immediately. Even
      though job searching is immensely stressful (and annoying), having
      ample time to work on projects I reserved for nights and weekends
      has been a plus.

      Let this be a lesson to you: if you work for a startup that’s
      focused solely on B2B and they poo-poo the idea of B2C for
      additional revenue even though their big partners are moving
      slower than molasses, flee as soon as you can. That big partner
      can and will outlive your dinky startup.

   4. Became more productive

      This was a direct result of losing my job. Per my post about
      neglected projects[3], I went through the list and either
      redesigned or sunset them. My sunset’d projects aren’t 100% gone,
      just positioned in a way that I don’t feel bad about seeing them.
      A great way to ensure that is to get your project(s) to a nice
      stopping point and leave yourself notes.

      With those out of the way, I started work on a social network
      called Socii. You can read more about[4] it or visit the site[5]
      to sign up for updates!

   FIN

      Here’s my top nine Instagram photos, based on likes.

      

      This may be the last time I do one of these, I want Socii to
      replace Instagram for me. 🕸