Goodbye 2024
I didn’t do any blogging during 2024. This was mainly because I was head-down-focused on the first draft of my first novel. I made some good progress on that, too. Not so much that I’m going to let anyone read it, but enough that I’m very proud of my work and the things I’ve learned along the way.
2024 was, in most ways, a good year. I traveled a lot—spent some weeks in the spring in Germany and Switzerland, which was beyond incredible, and had a few trips along the way to San Francisco—my old home—and a trip to Iceland for Iceland Airwaves. That was fantastic. SXSW was also great this year and Kerri and I had a lot of fun at Bottlerock Festival in Napa.
Lots of good music this year. If you’re into long, eclectic Spotify playlists, here’s what I have for you:
I also went to Sydney—my favorite city—a whopping four times, which was great. Most of that time down under was for work, but I enjoy connecting with my co-workers in person, and I feel so much better about work in general when I’m face-to-face with people.
I don’t have much to say at the moment. I’m feeling fairly exhausted even though I’ve had a lovely week or so off to celebrate the holidays. 2024 has been great, but it’s taken a lot out of me. I don’t think I’d go as far as to say I’m feeling the dreaded burnout, but this time of year is usually a nice pick-me-up, and in years past, I’ve come into the new year feeling energized. Not so this go ‘round.
Still, I’ve had enough energy to do some blog tinkering and get this thing up and running again. I’m not 100% sure what I plan to do with it, but I need some alternative to social media, which completely drains me to engage with, let alone keep up with, in any tangible way.
More to come, but for now, here are some of the many photos from this year.
