It didn't go as expected at all but it is different for the better I guess. My big point now is that I have to focus because my life feels fragmented, also because too much travel - I'm sitting at over 50 flights already so this has to calm down a bit.

My expectation was that this was going to be a lean year because I didn't feel like doing gigs - because last year's gigs sucked. However I got lots of great requests and I've been very busy with nice challenging projects, that still don't pay well, so I guess lean is still coming true, but not for the same reason. I also wasn't planning to spend time on SN but I did do that, and I didn't plan to work on AI stuff but I do (whilst remaining a skeptic.)

In terms of challenges, this year is amazing.