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My 2025 Roadmap: Balancing Growth, Creativity, and Impact
My Roadmap for 2025 When I initially started writing this, everything was "business as usual." Coming off the heels of the holiday season, I was filled with optimism for 2025. However, as I started writing this roadmap, a terrible saga began to unfold. Multiple wildfires started up around me in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles. The devastation has extended to multiple communities and shaken the lives of millions of people. While my challenges have been small in comparison, I was forced to confront a difficult question after receiving a false evacuation alert: what would I leave behind? The wildfires around Los Angeles were a humbling experience, prompting deep reflection about what truly matters: loved ones, meaningful work, and health. With this renewed clarity, I’m approaching 2025 with a strategic focus on growth that aligns with my values and technical ambitions. Personal Goals First, I want to outline my personal goals. To me, these are important because without them I would allow myself to be consumed by my career or hobbies. Having things to look forward to outside of work gives me external motivation to complete things and do things well. Without external motivations, one can easily lose site of why they are working and run the risk of burnout. As such, my personal goals for this year are: Make quality time for loved ones
My Roadmap for 2025
When I initially started writing this, everything was "business as usual." Coming off the heels of the holiday season, I was filled with optimism for 2025. However, as I started writing this roadmap, a terrible saga began to unfold. Multiple wildfires started up around me in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles. The devastation has extended to multiple communities and shaken the lives of millions of people.
While my challenges have been small in comparison, I was forced to confront a difficult question after receiving a false evacuation alert: what would I leave behind?
The wildfires around Los Angeles were a humbling experience, prompting deep reflection about what truly matters: loved ones, meaningful work, and health. With this renewed clarity, I’m approaching 2025 with a strategic focus on growth that aligns with my values and technical ambitions.
Personal Goals
First, I want to outline my personal goals. To me, these are important because without them I would allow myself to be consumed by my career or hobbies. Having things to look forward to outside of work gives me external motivation to complete things and do things well. Without external motivations, one can easily lose site of why they are working and run the risk of burnout.
As such, my personal goals for this year are:
- Make quality time for loved ones
