The Year of Trailblazing

2023.01.03: Continuing My Year of Trailblazing

I want to explore! I want to ascend! I want to yearn and struggle and grow!

In 2023, I’ll be pursuing some lofty goals:

• publish a novella
• go on a camping trip
• become a best dad
• launch a startup
• organize a tech conference
• benchpress my own bodyweight
• continue my sobriety experiment
• release a VR “game”
• cycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles

Blazing these trails will require skills that I don’t yet possess:

• discipline
• finishing projects I’m disinterested in
• managing fear and anxiety
• consistency

Let’s go!

2022.10.17: (Officially) Starting My Year of Trailblazing

When I decided to start my “year of trailblazing” earlier this year, I was speedrunning major life changes:

• purchased my first home
• moved to an unfamiliar climate
• started a new job
• changed my name
• had my first child
• quit drinking forever

For me, charting unexplored territory has been a difficult delight! My soul has been fully engaged.

But the year’s not over yet! Continuing into 2023, I’ll still be trailblazing (literally and figuratively):

• weekly hikes
• seasonal camping
• cycling from San Francisco to Los Angeles
• launching my first real startup
• starting a tech conference