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
🚀 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:
Track 1 — Building my audience on Twitter, Youtube, newsletter via a content factory
Track 2 — laser focus on getting diving into topics of my interests:
How to develop AI proficiency in the age of generative AI (ChatGPT, DALLE, etc)
How to become a better content creator and make a living out of it.
How to distill and synthesize insights
How to become a better educator
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!