yes, I have gone from a consumer to a maker 👀

If I wanted to have something, I used to search for where or how I could BUY it, quick and simple; But now I would either learn how to do it myself if it's fun, or I would find the right person to MAKE it together, I want to understand how things are being made from scratch, and I'm generally more involved in things I use or eat now, instead of blindly trusting any brands.

I hit my personal long-term stacking goal this year because Bitcoin has been so cheap for the past 20 months.

I thought it was going to take 5 more years to be at this point. Now I'm not sure what to do with myself....

Just keep stacking, I guess.

I have read a book other than fiction. I do not do that. usually find them boring. I need some level of escapism when reading a book

I thought I would just continue orange-pilling people as usual but ended up starting my own company in the bitcoin space!

Great question. So I’m 43 this year and should be in the thrones of a mid-life crisis. Although I have been a teacher all my working life, my trajectory is nothing short of eclectic (some would say eccentric). I have taught students of all ages ranging from primary school to pre-university. I have taught both locally and overseas.

As I look back at my career, I think I have remained true to myself as I dare to say that all my jobs are meaningful and help put food on the table. So, I have no doubts about the two big M’s in any employed person’s life - Money and Meaning. But since I have dabbled in multiple jobs, I have increasingly come to feel a void inside me. What’s the legacy I am going to leave the world behind with? I don’t need to be famous or popular, but I don’t mind admitting my desire to leave my mark on the teaching field.

So, I was quite confused about how to manage my career these few years. Until I was asked to be one of the conversation leaders for a physical party that the Educational Technology Division of the Ministry of Education was organising. It was the first face-to-face gathering they initiated since the COVID pandemic. I agreed to their request - an ego boost to being scouted - and decided to frame my sharing on “Leveraging ChatGPT in Teaching and Learning”.

Hence, while I wouldn’t attach too much importance to their invitation, I nonetheless felt all the pieces of the puzzle coming to place in my narrative. I have had a fervent interest in artificial intelligence and robotics for a long time. I have kept track of the developments of Pepper the robotic assistant and Hotel Henna, the first robot-managed hotel in Japan. While large learning models function differently from robotics, I find that there is a lot of synergy in these two fields. So I find myself reading up on news of Generative AI. I even subscribed to LinkedIn Learning to avail myself of the videos and accelerate my knowledge of Generative AI.

Next year, I am going to consolidate my experiences and deepen my expertise in ChatGPT and the like because this is how I want to make an impact on the teaching field in my country. I’m quite surprised that I managed to solve this legacy issue so serendipitously this year. It’s like, one thing led to another, everything felt right, and I am feeling at peace and am raring to go!

Left a company I loved and worked at for 20 years and thought I would retire from. Had to feel valued. I see value in Bitcoin and the future we are building here! Just keep learning daily. I feel like it’s the beginning of the internet with naysayers. Our future is bright!

I increased my energy and lost the weight i gained in the last 10 years by making some changes in diet and creating a eating window and sticking to it (from 10am to 5pm).

Reached stacking goal Made it to a meetup and a couple of conferences Began the plebdev journey Started mining Started node running Started 3d printing

All kind of surprising

Heck of a year

I have taken up archery 🎯

I burned out at work (cried), changed roles (smiled), and became a full-time nomad (pinching myself). That last part was planned, not a surprise. ;)

Loving the question. Stacking goals are reached ✅ Visiting beautiful places with people who are close to me: DONE ✅ Helping my best friend by taking him to his child dream island 🏝️ Helped him to get his dream car 🏎️ Last but not least I also got a new car to myself and being happy to outperform high inflation. I know to many the past few years were as hell but to me it was heaven 🙏 I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING WELL

I wrote a book.

I turned off the TV, phone and other distractions. Sat down with my laptop and just started writing. Hit 1000 words, then 5k, then 20k before I knew it the thing was finished at 70k words.

It's not a masterpiece but fuck, I wrote a book!

Lightning network. I was afraid to use it because of need of own node, lock lots of liquidity, open channels fee, etc. Thant I discovered WoS and being exited everyday how fast lightning is. Because of lightning I opened for myself stackerNews, and open something new soon I hope

Basically by being AWESOME

I started stacking Bitcoin in February, shortly after I joined Nostr. I didn't expect that at all.