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1. We moved from Ontario to Florida 2. My podcast The Filter was pick up on terrestrial radio as well (KeysTalk FM) 3. I filmed the first season of a TV show featuring long-form conversations, see https://www.pbs.org/show/mattasher-show/ 4. My wife is pregnant 2021 was an extraordinary year.
As a fellow Ontarian, what attracted you to Florida? The weather? Job opportunity?
2. We bought our first freestanding house with our own little garden.
3. I learned the basics of gardening ;)
4. We adopted our first cats as a couple.
5. I quit my job to start a blend of freelancing and building on my own SaaS ideas. I look forward to sharing a Show HN post in the coming months!
PS: my condolences to you, OP.
Edit: formatting
2. I became engaged and am part way through the deposit on a wedding venue
3. My house value grew from ~550k -> $750k
4. I had several pets die and adopted several more (we adopt elder dogs)
5. I went on 6 trips of various sizes (2-7 days each depending on trip)
6. I kicked out all my room mates and now have a 5 bedroom home for me, my fiance, my dogs, and future kids
Earlier quoted context omitted.
4.7% cut, or did you loose the chance of a 4.7% increase? Didn't know companies can cut your salary for a bad perf review.
It's an effective cut. 1.5% increase minus 6.2% inflation.
1. Struggled immensely w/ depression.. 2. Maybe had a midlife crisis - at the least I went crazy for a few months after seeing a 'glitch in the matrix' that had me convinced we're in a simulation, that the universe is one conscious thing and we're just dreams, or many worlds is true and we travel between them somehow...went down many occult and mandela effect rabbit holes.... trying to shift/change/alter reality all…
2. Successfully made it to 36w of my wife being pregnant.
3. Helped my Mother-in-law leave a shitty situation, in a shitty place.
4. Finally achieved a sense of financial security.
5. No one in my family has gotten COVID, and all but 1 member is fully vaxxed and boosted. last one is an anti-vaxxer qanon supporter.
6. Spent some quality time on personal projects.
7. started a project on digitizing some old family VHS tapes. deep on the hardware and process. will be writing a blog post on it.
From my side, I'm 41, working as a shy, socially awkward full-stack developer. I'm not entirely sure what the next 20 years of my career will be, and I spent a lot of my free time learning about businesses, following startups, startup school, lean startup, etc.
So this year, I decided to start a B2B side project focusing on ride-sharing, car rentals & subscriptions that I hope will be a viable business.
As a solo founder, I'm starting to build confidence, enjoy customer development and work on all business aspects, something I thought I could never do.
On my end I'm 38. I've been exploring freelancing and entrepreneurship since 2018. In 2021 I...
1. Had a third child, 9 years after the previous one!
2. Worked from home all year long; half-time as an employee, half-time as a freelancer & Web-entrepreneur
3. Buried my first startup project after two years of hard work
4. Self-published two books (and have 10 more to write): [1]
5. Started publishing my newsletter every single week: [2]
6. Published ~30 articles
7. Launched an info product in the Personal Knowledge Management (PKM] space: [3]
8. Created two communities; one for PKM [4] and one for software crafters [5]
[2] https://newsletter.dsebastien.net
[3] https://developassion.gumroad.com/l/PersonalKnowledgeManagem...
[4] https://dsebastien.net/blog/2021-11-12-personal-knowledge-ma...
[5] https://dsebastien.net/blog/2021-08-25-software-crafters-com...