Shortform #146 Happy New Year! (a few updates; all dates from 2022 unless specified otherwise)

Resuming on October 16th didn't happen, oops. Looks like January 3rd (today) will have to do! Now for some updates:

• I changed jobs in October: I went from a contract employee to a full employee at the healthcare org I work at, with a promotion to a new team! Now I am supporting clinical & medical technology systems, it's cool stuff, I'm learning a ton, and I love the position, it's a very good fit.
• November disappeared into the abyss of working a lot, I can't say I did much this month besides my normal routine, work & lots of learning at work, and increasing healthy eating habits. I did journal a decent amount in November, so I can use those and other electronic items (messages to others) to piece together a memory prosthetic for that month if I become so inclined.
• December was a very long month, with quite a bit of activity. In addition to normal holiday stuff, I went to Texas for ten days and had a great time travelling & hanging out with friends. I'm happy that I was able to attend a Houston Rationalists meetup and an Austin LW meetup while in Texas, those were fun and it was great to meet a lot of new excellent people & see a few people I already knew too!
• The book club that another Rationalist Organizer and I co-organized ran to completion and finished in December. I learned a lot, and also really enjoyed participating in a book club with other Rationalists & Organizers. The discussions were excellent and everyone had helpful anecdotes to share related to the book we read: "The Art of Gathering: How We Meeting and Why it Matters", by Priya Parker
• Sadly, I was unable to make it to Washington D.C. for New Years like originally planned, but the large winter storm & mass cancelling of flights by Southwest Airlines prevented my friends from flying in to where I'm at (we were going to take the train to D.C.), so we had to cancel those plans. I look forward to visiting D.C. and also meeting up with the local Rationalists community while there another time!
• I don't have any explicit New Year's resolutions, more so I will be continuing with life improvements already deemed desirable (improving diet, sleep, and exercise) and continuing to learn more and do well at work. I'd also like to continue improving consistency & conscientiousness because I find those to be very high reward areas to skill-up in. I have a YouTube project in the works, but will not be launching that until I've written a more coherent business plan than my current draft and have completed scripts for at least five videos. I haven't forgotten about my Substack, but I think I launched that a little bit too early. I intend to continue that Substack and write more there, but this time without as much of a rush & with more deliberateness. I am hopeful and excited for 2023!

I can see the egregore of Overwork & Hustle looming as I think about how much I both have to do and want to do in 2023, but I will make sure to take time to rest & take care of myself. Staying deliberate with my time and actions helps with that, so I expect to write Shortforms at a decent cadence this year; they help with such deliberateness. It may be better to move to a personal blogsite for them...but I'm still on the fence about that.

May you have a most excellent and profitable 2023!
Cheers,
Willa