# Taylor's Timeline

_Also check out [my now page](/now)._

|      |     |                                                                                 |
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| 2023 | 🔧  | YOLO refactoring project                                                        |
| 2023 | 💹  | self-employed                                                                   |
| 2022 | 🔊  | became a "DJ"                                                                   |
| 2022 | 💈  | jedi braid                                                                      |
| 2022 | ✉️  | started a [newsletter](https://newsletter.taylor.town)                          |
| 2022 | 🧘  | [quit drinking](/1000-weekends)                                                 |
| 2022 | 🍼  | became a parent                                                                 |
| 2022 | 💊  | finally started taking antidepressants                                          |
| 2022 | 📈  | created (and shelved) an app for improving work environments                    |
| 2022 | 💼  | started working at [Osmind](https://osmind.org)                                 |
| 2021 | 🏔   | moved back to Southern California                                               |
| 2021 | 🏠  | purchased a house                                                               |
| 2021 | 💸  | sold all my bitcoin (again)                                                     |
| 2021 | ✋🏼  | surgically removed hand implants                                                |
| 2020 | 📱  | created [LiveCount](/livecount) demo                                            |
| 2020 | 🏠  | built a [tiny home](/lit-home)                                                  |
| 2020 | 💍  | got married                                                                     |
| 2020 | 🏠  | moved to Las Vegas, Nevada                                                      |
| 2020 | 💈  | started growing a mullet                                                        |
| 2020 | ☹️  | severe depression                                                               |
| 2020 | 👨🏻  | grew a mustache                                                                 |
| 2020 | ⌨️  | completed basic compiler for my programming language                            |
| 2020 | 💇  | stress-related health episode                                                   |
| 2019 | 💼  | started working at [Pex](https://pex.com)                                       |
| 2018 | 💼  | taught a data science course                                                    |
| 2018 | 😭  | identity stolen                                                                 |
| 2018 | 💼  | created a blockchain video service                                              |
| 2017 | ☹️  | severe depression                                                               |
| 2017 | 💡  | co-founded and dissolved a startup                                              |
| 2016 | 🧪  | took random classes at UCLA                                                     |
| 2015 | 🇨🇳  | learned some Mandarin                                                           |
| 2015 | 😎  | tattoos                                                                         |
| 2014 | 🔊  | became obsessed with live music and raves                                       |
| 2014 | 💼  | started working at [Patch of Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_of_Land) |
| 2014 | 🏠  | moved to Los Angeles, California                                                |
| 2014 | ☹️  | severe depression                                                               |
| 2014 | 🚗  | road trip                                                                       |
| 2014 | ✋🏼  | surgically implanted magnets and microchip                                      |
| 2014 | 🎓  | graduated from Walla Walla University with math and computer science degrees    |
| 2013 | ☯️  | became obsessed with Taoism and Alan Watts                                      |
| 2013 | 💸  | sold all my bitcoin                                                             |
| 2013 | 🎸  | played in a funk band                                                           |
| 2013 | 🌀  | became obsessed with psychedelics                                               |
| 2013 | 🤖  | presided over robotics club                                                     |
| 2013 | ✈️  | interned at General Atomics R&D facility                                        |
| 2012 | 💪  | became more obsessed with "self-improvement"                                    |
| 2012 | 👼  | became obsessed with _Magic: The Gathering_                                     |
| 2012 | 🤫  | started doing secret stuff                                                      |
| 2012 | 💻  | became obsessed with programming-language design                                |
| 2012 | 💻  | discovered APL, LISP, and FORTH                                                 |
| 2012 | 😋  | started trying to be a good person                                              |
| 2012 | ➕  | became obsessed with mathematics                                                |
| 2012 | 🏠  | moved to Walla Walla, Washington                                                |
| 2012 | 💼  | started freelance web development                                               |
| 2012 | 📄  | created my first website                                                        |
| 2011 | 🐐  | left The Church                                                                 |
| 2011 | 👀  | became obsessed with anime                                                      |
| 2011 | 💔  | first major breakup                                                             |
| 2011 | 🦅  | worked as a sports mascot                                                       |
| 2011 | 🖋   | tried to write a novel                                                          |
| 2010 | 🪕  | joined a bluegrass band                                                         |
| 2010 | 🧠  | joined a neuroscience research lab                                              |
| 2010 | 👮  | started working as a security guard                                             |
| 2010 | 💪  | became obsessed with "self-improvement"                                         |
| 2010 | 💻  | discovered C and Java                                                           |
| 2010 | 💿  | recorded a solo pop-music album                                                 |
| 2010 | 🎥  | summer-camp videographer                                                        |
| 2009 | 🇫🇷  | studied abroad                                                                  |
| 2008 | 🍺  | started drinking                                                                |
| 2008 | 🤘🏼  | started a metal band                                                            |
| 2007 | 🚽  | started working as a janitor                                                    |
| 2006 | 🎞   | became obsessed with film                                                       |
| 2005 | 🤘🏼  | started a rock band                                                             |
| 2005 | 🤹  | started juggling                                                                |
| 2005 | 🖥   | started fixing computers                                                        |
| 2004 | 🎙   | became obsessed with recording music                                            |
| 2003 | 🎼  | started writing music                                                           |
| 2003 | 🎥  | started producing short films                                                   |
| 2001 | 🎨  | became obsessed with graphic design                                             |
| 2000 | 🖥   | started tinkering with computers                                                |
| 1999 | 💥  | started creating comics and flip-books                                          |
| 1998 | 🪄  | started practicing sleight-of-hand                                              |
| 1998 | ✏️  | became obsessed with drawing                                                    |
| 1998 | 🎹  | started playing piano                                                           |
| 1997 | 🔬  | became obsessed with "science"                                                  |
| 1998 | 😂  | became obsessed with humor                                                      |
| 1997 | 🕹   | became obsessed with video games                                                |
| 1997 | 📚  | became obsessed with books                                                      |
| 1995 | 🧱  | became obsessed with legos                                                      |
| 1995 | 🦕  | became obsessed with dinosaurs                                                  |
| 1992 | 👶  | born in California                                                              |