2024 recap
- 🏃🏾♀️ ran a 5k and a 10k!
- ⛷️ went skiing in tahoe
- 💞 two years with JP!
- 🕊️ quit my job at CE
- 🏝️ celebrated my birthday in Kauai
- 💎 played a music festival in Tucson
- 🌞 had a lovely weekend with friends in Miami
- 🎼 played a bunch of gigs at Oakland Secret, Bergerac, f8, mothership, enzyme, arcana, curio, Minnesota Street Project, and Lake Merritt
- 🪨 threw a cave rave
- 🎧 got a residency on sutro.fm
- ✍🏽 wrote a few essays on Golden Gate Park for Third Place Zine
- 🇨🇦 road tripped for 4.5 weeks through Canada
- 🥾 hiked Washington and the upper midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, the UP)
- 🇺🇸 spent fourth of July in michigan with Jason's fam
- 🇪🇸 went on a 2 week road trip in northern Spain with my mama
- 🇲🇹 spent 1.5 weeks in Malta, swimming and relaxing
- 🇵🇹 spent 2 weeks bussing down the coast of Portugal, from Porto to Nazaré to Baleal to Lisbon, down to a reunion with friends in the Algarve
- 🇨🇭 visited Jason's brother in Switzerland
- 🇫🇷 detoured to France for some crepes
- 🇬🇧 visited Ori and Lukas in London
- 🇬🇭 went to Africa for the first time, visiting Jason's sister for 2 weeks in Ghana
- 🕯️ wax dyed some fabric in Ghana
- 🏁 did a 2 week road trip from Chicago to SF, including visiting Chris in Chicago, racing and camping at Bonneville salt flats, and seeing a show at Mission Ballroom in Denver
- 📝 became the music/nightlife curator for SF/ARTS
- 🪔 celebrated Diwali with my friends and family
- 🖼️ went to Albuquerque for the American Folklore Society annual meeting (and received an award)
- 🎬 went to LA for work and to visit Aditi and Hannah
- 🏡 hosted Hardik, Lindsay, Chris, Lois, Jeffrey, Lukas, Anfal, Dalan, and Jason's mom
- 🎿 went to Tahoe and started ski season again!
revisiting my 2024 resolutions:
things I dont have time for right now that I would like to do in the future:
✅ remix/produce some songs
✅ record some mixes/demos
✅ book and play more gigs
❌ learn to sew, mend my clothes, and make pillowcases
✅ get my health under control
✅ read more
❌ organize with ASATA
✅ freelance/contract jobs
❌ sell my paintings that are lying around
❌ hang up all the art in my house
❌ get ant control
things I have been doing and would like to continue to do:
✅ running
✅ reading
✅ cooking healthy (mostly gluten free, vegetarian)
✅ spending time with friends
✅ going out
✅ learning about folklore
✅ getting adequate sleep
✅ maintaining a healthy relationship to substances
looking pretty good! feeling meh about resolutions this year - would just like to continue the trajectory im on. did a little wheel of life template and realized the two big things that I'd like to go better in 2025 are romance and health, with contributions to society a close second. in general these things are going all fine, but think I'd like:
- a stronger, more trusting relationship
- to lose some weight and hone in on healthier eating habits
- participate in local mutual aid efforts at least once in a while
- bonus: figure out a career path that makes sense, maybe grad school
I realized that personal development, business/career, physical environment, fun and recreation, finances, and family and friends are all doing swell. life is going pretty good, all things together, and I am blessed and privileged to feel mostly happy. travel was big for me in 2024 - I spent 22 out of 52 weeks away - that's like 42% of my year! dang. im looking forward to the trips I have planned in 2025 but would be nice to lock in a little more - on music, particularly, and getting back to painting, someday...
happy new year, everyone! looking forward to 2025 🌞
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