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2019 Year in Review
Looking back on the start of a new chapter
8 min readJan 23, 2020
As 2019 comes to a close, it only makes sense to reflect back on how things went. I’ve been doing this exercise for a few years now informally, but this is my first time publishing it! I’ll follow the format of asking myself:
- What went well this year?
- What didn’t go well this year?
- What did I learn?
These questions should provide solid coverage on this past year. They will also help me decide what tweaks I want to make for 2020. Before we dive in, here’s the “brochure version” of my past year.
- Traveled to 15+ countries across Europe on a solo backpacking trip
- Started my first full-time job as a Data Scientist at Squarespace
- Moved to New York City!
- Wrote 18 blog posts
- Read 24 books
- Taught myself basic front end development
- Picked up 324 newsletter subscribers
- Reconnected with friends and family
What went well this year?
🌀 Starting a new chapter
I started my first full-time job at Squarespace and moved to New York City! Over the…