From what I have learned so far in my life, I think it is hard to have a set plan because life never goes according to your plans (at least, mine doesn’t anyway). For example, in the beginning of this year, I never planned to speak at a tech conference, participate in a mob programming event on stage at a tech conference, or even share about my personal experiences and trauma to strangers. I never planned to be single, and end my four year relationship with my partner. That was never in my plan. And so many other things that happened this year weren’t what I envisioned. Nevertheless, I think, in general, it’s good to have an idea of what you want and maybe reframe “plans” to be something you hope to happen but know well that it may not (because that is just the way life is!).
So, this post is dedicated to my “plans” (aka, things I want to do or hope to do, but will accept if it doesn’t happen the way I envision it to)
+ I would like to volunteer and code for good. In other words, I would like to use my programming knowledge to help contribute to an application or something similar for free.
+ I would like to be consistent in my workouts and gain physical strength
+ I would like to continue with therapy and get in touch with my traumatic past and try to understand it more and heal from it
+ I would like to continue documenting my thoughts and progress about what I am doing at work as a software engineer
+ I would like to read more books by women and people of color (I’ll just throw out I want to read, at minimum, 3 non-fiction books, 1 technical book, and 1 fiction book)
