Posted on: December 30, 2016
Beautiful beach in Ogimi, Okinawa
I’m not going to lie, at first I didn’t want to write this. After looking at my 2015 review, I realized that I had done barely anything from the goals I set for myself. Instead of focusing my efforts on the tech-related things I aspired in 2015, in 2016 I focused on my relationships, self-care, reflection, and my health – things that I’ve found are way more important to me than tech.
Tech / Community:
I don’t commit on the weekends, most of this chart is work tbh
- Went to 3 conferences (Clarity Conf, SRCCON, CSSConf/JSConf/Decompress AU)
- Spoke at CSSConf Australia
- Spoke at Refresh DC
- Organized Hack For Good 2 with DCFemTech
- Helped with design for Powerful Women Programmer Awards
- Redesigned/built DCFemTech’s new website
- Named one of DC’s Powerful Women Programmers
- Named Trending 40 Power Women In DC Tech
- Wrote for NetMag
- Participated in a Designer News AMA
- Open sourced Accessibility Guidelines
- Rebuilt & updated THIS website
- Launched many huge projects at work (Curbed, Recode, Verge, Racked redesigns)
Life:
Top Instagram photos of 2016
- Joined a gym, and actually went to it. 4-5x a week!
- Designed wedding invites for my brother’s wedding <3
- Played some of my new fav video games: Firewatch, The Witness, Ratchet & Clank, Tomb Raider and probably more
- Started donating to 4 non-profit organizations monthly
- Traveled A LOT! NYC (a few times), San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Okinawa, Melbourne, Boston
While 2016 was a difficult year for many reasons, overall, personally, I had a good year! I’m looking forward to building on everything that I’ve learned and making 2017 great.
- Continue to work on my health & fitness
- Spend more time with my family
- Read 1 book a month
- Mentor / volunteer (starting this January as a TechBridge Role Model!)
- Travel to a new place
- Pet a lot of dogs
Here’s to a bright New Year 🎉!