2012: Year in Review

Places Visited in 2012:
New Orleans - January
San Francisco  - February
San Francisco - March
Phoenix - May
San Francisco & Sonoma - June
Philadelphia - June
San Francisco - July
LA - July
San Francisco - August
New York - October
New York - November
New Orleans - December
Maryland - December

Visitors:
Josh was in Houston in January and April, and moved here in September
Debi & fam visited in March

Milestones:
Starting in January, interviewed for 14 jobs on the phone, over Skype, via Google hangout and in-person
(Got rejected from 6 of those jobs, scope of work changed for 2, removed myself/declined 4, heard absolutely nothing back from 1, accepted 1)
Quit smoking Jan 3
Saw Margaret Atwood and got a book signed
Saw the Mountain Goats
My Uncle Bill passed away from cancer in June
College 10-year reunion in Sonoma
Andrea and Sarat's wedding
1 year sobriety July 9
Camping with Josh at Priceless in the Sierras
1 year anniversary with Josh - Sept 17
Moved in with Josh - Sept 18
Managed annual gala that raised 1.3M+ - Sept 20
Last day at Acronym October 12
Bought a new laptop
Equipped a home office
Started with New Acronym October 15
Voted for President Obama - November
Spent Thanksgiving with Josh's family in New York
Read the first 4 books in Game of Thrones series, plus a handful of others on my "to read" list
Merged the cats in December
Josh and I spent Christmas with my family in Maryland
Met Heather's daughter

Things to Look forward to in 2013:
Costa Rica in February
Kimberly Ryan's wedding in California

Resolutions for 2013:
-Work on building and maintaining friendships. Make the effort to call someone once a week or so and catch up in person. Pick a meeting to go to consistently and get to know people there. This is where I fell off the most in 2012, and would like to get better.

-Be a supportive, loving, and adventurous partner (and friend)

-Ween myself away from Facebook and social media, and towards purposeful privacy. Be old fashioned, not obsolete.

-When I'm using the computer for leisure, aim for at least a 50/50 balance of creating vs. consuming. (Blogging, photo albums, coding, writing, etc.)

-When in consuming mode, aim for books or e-books. It's nice to finish things.

-Work on creating opportunities for travel, reflection, improvement, health, FUN, and documentation