Recap of 2023 and Resolutions for 2024
Another year in orbit around a star.
Recap for 2023
- We moved to London
- Truly enjoyed being the husband of Audrey Roy Greenfeld
- Embraced the delights being the father to Uma Roy Greenfeld in her fourth year in the universe
- I trained more in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)
- I tried HEMA and Japanese Jiu-Jitsu
- I lost 9kg/20 lbs and got into much better shape
- I got injured, hurt my shoulder in a bicycle accident
- I went to Paris for the first time! To speak at a Django event and take in the sights. Really enjoyed the Eurostar train that took us from London to Paris - easier than a plane!
- Visited family in my home state of New Jersey. Also went to New York
- Started up a Today I Learned (TIL) segment on this blog
- Focused on code instead of leadership. I switch between code and leadership every few years, so it is exciting to be in a new cycle
- Spoke at Pycon Italy, returning to Italy for the first time in 10 years
- For the first time since 2009, attended a pycon (PyCon UK) not as a speaker, but just to learn and socialize
- Relearned to take holidays/vacation time, "working smarter less not harder more" is the way to go. I clearly get more stuff done and am so much more creative if I don't overwork
- Spent more time with friends
- Gave away most of my stuff in Los Angeles, keeping only true family relics
- Launched a fun, new, useful open-source package, my first in years. It is called dj-notebook, here is the repo and here is the docs
- Finished my third year at Kraken Tech of Octopus Energy Group
2023 Recap vs 2023 Resolutions
How well did I match my resolutions for 2023?
- ✔️ Continue to work on saving the planet
- ✔️ Continue my fitness journey
- BJJ
- Weights
- Cycling and walking in London
- ✔️ Go to new places
- Paris, France
- Cardiff, Wales, UK
- London as a resident
- ✔️ Learn new things
- ✔️ Be a good parent (I like to think I was at least decent)
- ✖️ Publish at least one book
- ✖️ Compete in a hackathon
Resolutions for 2024
What I plan to do in the coming year
- Adore my soul mate, Audrey Roy Greenfeld
- Be there for my daughter Uma Roy Greenfeld in her 5th year on Planet Earth
- Blog more reliably, writing a script to create skeleton blog posts
- Continue my fitness journey with BJJ, weights, cycling, walking, and other healthy activities
- Write fiction, maybe publish it
- Embrace taking time off to recharge aka "working smarter less not harder more"
- Travel to new places, preferably by train or other carbon-efficient methods
- Be a speaker in at least one conference. Fortunately, I'm scheduled to give a talk at PyCon Lithuania 2024
- Finish my fourth year at Kraken Tech, advancing the cause of renewable energy with the mission of addressing global climate change
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