2022 Year End Recap -- Part 2 (and 2023 aspirations)

Hi friends, today is the last day of 2022, and I thought I’d wrap up the recap and reflect on what happened in 2022 (and set aspirations for 2023). Here we go

🥂Thank you 2022 for such an epic ride!

• What’s the theme of 2022 — rollercoaster ride to find myself

• Words to describe 2022 — Courage, Discovery, Surrender, Reinvent

• My wildest moment — traveled to 15 cities in this year! What an epic journey!

• My 3 proudest accomplishments

  • Taking the hard journey to find purpose in my life. After going to many places, conferences, reading a bunch of self-help and hypnosis books, trying a bunch of things that seemed like dead-ends, I finally discovered my purpose, my ikigai — to become a creator and explore and share my curiosities and personalities.

  • Becoming a writer. Writing and English always were my weakest subjects. I remember turning blank pages for my English classes, but this year writing became more natural for me. Thanks to Write of Passage and the awesome people I met there, I wrote more and grew confident in my own writing abilities. It is an outlet for my creativity and I can be creative.

  • Getting my puppy Yuki and taking care of her. First 2 months were extremely hard and I definitely had puppy blues moments, but in the end it is a rewarding experience. I’m glad i made the commitment.

• My biggest challenge — reinventing myself radically when I lost my savings in FTX.

• My 5 biggest lessons

  • 1) The reality we experience is based on our own mind. And the mind is malleable and we have the power to mold it. So take ownership of my mind and I can change my reality.

  • 2) The key to changing the things we experience is self-image. Change the way we see ourselves, change our reality. So I’ve committed myself to be a person who employs positive self-talk only.

  • 3) Tragedies and setbacks are opportunities to reinvent and upgrade myself. I can cry about losing my savings, or use this opportunity to reinvent myself and make a comeback. I choose the latter.

  • 4) Believe in positive outcomes. There is a chaos monkey inside my head that’s always screaming and fearing. But if I don’t pay it any attention and instead shift my focus towards positive outcomes, it quiets down.

  • 5) Self-agency. I got angry at my puppy a few times, should I really get angry at a baby who doesn’t know anything? I am the one responsible for her training and subsequent behaviors, so I should look at myself in the mirror. The agency is always in my hands

• The biggest gift — my puppy Yuki

This cutie pie turned my life upside down... for better :)

🚀 and here I come, 2023!

• Main Theme — build my digital business and build 100k revenue by end of 2023. It’s do or die now, time to suit up and become a professional

• 4 Areas to focus on:

  • Business — Commit to building my digital content business around my interests. The tracks I am going to focus on:

    1. Track 1 — Building my audience on Twitter, Youtube, newsletter via a content factory

    2. Track 2 — laser focus on getting diving into topics of my interests:

       1. How to develop AI proficiency in the age of generative AI (ChatGPT, DALLE, etc)

       2. How to become a better content creator and make a living out of it.

       3. How to distill and synthesize insights

       4. How to become a better educator

       5. How to master the mind, behavior, and social relationships

  • Brain:

    • More organization, more knowledge synthesis

    • More meditation, more flow

  • Body:

    • more exercise daily

  • Behavior

    • more relaxation, more focus, more intention, more play, more dance

    • more meaningful relationships and friendships

    • more leadership, discipline, confidence

Cheers everyone! And may the odds tilt in your favor in 2023!