Another year in orbit around a star.

Recap for 2023

• We moved to London
• Truly enjoyed being the husband of Audrey Roy Greenfeld
• Embraced the delights being the father to Uma Roy Greenfeld in her fourth year in the universe
• I trained more in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)
• I tried HEMA and Japanese Jiu-Jitsu
• I lost 9kg/20 lbs and got into much better shape
• I got injured, hurt my shoulder in a bicycle accident
• I went to Paris for the first time! To speak at a Django event and take in the sights. Really enjoyed the Eurostar train that took us from London to Paris - easier than a plane!
• Visited family in my home state of New Jersey. Also went to New York
• Started up a Today I Learned (TIL) segment on this blog
• Focused on code instead of leadership. I switch between code and leadership every few years, so it is exciting to be in a new cycle
• Spoke at Pycon Italy, returning to Italy for the first time in 10 years
• For the first time since 2009, attended a pycon (PyCon UK) not as a speaker, but just to learn and socialize
• Relearned to take holidays/vacation time, "working smarter less not harder more" is the way to go. I clearly get more stuff done and am so much more creative if I don't overwork
• Spent more time with friends
• Gave away most of my stuff in Los Angeles, keeping only true family relics
• Launched a fun, new, useful open-source package, my first in years. It is called dj-notebook, here is the repo and here is the docs
• Finished my third year at Kraken Tech of Octopus Energy Group

2023 Recap vs 2023 Resolutions

How well did I match my resolutions for 2023?

• ✔️ Continue to work on saving the planet
• ✔️ Continue my fitness journey
  • BJJ
  • Weights
  • Cycling and walking in London
• ✔️ Go to new places
  • Paris, France
  • Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • London as a resident
• ✔️ Learn new things
  • Some Rust, not as much as I wanted
  • Dabbled in Phoenix and Elixir, fun stuff
  • TIL contains some of other things I learned
• ✔️ Be a good parent (I like to think I was at least decent)
• ✖️ Publish at least one book
• ✖️ Compete in a hackathon

Resolutions for 2024

What I plan to do in the coming year

• Adore my soul mate, Audrey Roy Greenfeld
• Be there for my daughter Uma Roy Greenfeld in her 5th year on Planet Earth
• Blog more reliably, writing a script to create skeleton blog posts
• Continue my fitness journey with BJJ, weights, cycling, walking, and other healthy activities
• Write fiction, maybe publish it
• Embrace taking time off to recharge aka "working smarter less not harder more"
• Travel to new places, preferably by train or other carbon-efficient methods
• Be a speaker in at least one conference. Fortunately, I'm scheduled to give a talk at PyCon Lithuania 2024
• Finish my fourth year at Kraken Tech, advancing the cause of renewable energy with the mission of addressing global climate change