Blog/Tags/Year In Review

Welcome to my blog! Since 2001 I've written621 postsabout software/personal development, technology, minimalism, FIRE, movies, startups and my life. These span three separate blogs, with all articles linked from here.

This blog Focuses on exploring the intersection of minimalism, mindfulness and technology + my journal.

Minafi Financial indepenence, investing and my journy to retire early (36 ✔️).

Hardcover Building Hardcover in public.

Check out somehighlightsand stay in touch by following me on Mastodon, subscribing to my newsletter or RSS feed.

About this Tag

On January 1st of each year, I write a long post detailing everything I've been up to over the last year. I love using this as an excuse to remember the highs and lows of the past year, reflect on how well I showed up and make new plans for the coming year. Here's every one of these long posts.

20231 article

Hardcover, physical therapy, and having fun with friends.

20221 article

Some of the top themes for this year were growing closer with friends, knee surgery & recovery, loss, Hardcover and finding balance.

20211 article

My yearly recap of everything that happened during the previous year.

20201 article

COVID-19, South Utah hiking trip, misinformation, Minafi.

20191 article
20181 article
20171 article

Wedding, honeymoon, moving to Salt Lake City, starting Minafi and focusing at Pluralsight.

20161 article

Every year, I break down what I did during the previous 365 days. In 2016, my themes were working on Code School, travel, product and exploring my feelings.

20151 article

Code School, Rome, blogging again, health focus, cocktails, video games, personal organization and getting engaged (!).

20141 article

Code School, travel to Japan, audiobooks, Angular and Mrs. Minafi.

20131 article

Sanibel, Miani, Portland, WWDC, BarCampOrlando, lots of Code School courses.

20121 article

My major focus of 2012 was around living healthy. Going the gym, eating cleaner and using that energy to enjoy life.

20111 article

Disney, a New York trip, amazing music and live shows.

20101 article

Refining development skills, traveling mostly and challenging myself to create more.

20081 article
20051 article