- Spent my 7th birthday singing every word at an Alice Cooper concert
- Worked two years in a record store
- Freelanced as a web designer and developer
- Played drums in multiple metal bands
- Learned what a recession was
- Continued to freelance
- Never used my Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice / Computer Forensics
- Adopted my dog, Abbie
- Competed in several YMCA basketball leagues
- Tried bean-to-bar chocolate and have been spoiled since
- Taught Frontend Engineering at The Iron Yard coding bootcamp
- Lived in an AirBnB without running water for the first two weeks
- A lot more basketball and a lot less freelancing
- Discovered my love of traveling
- Wrote my first novel, The Mines
- Attended Turkmenistan's annual Independence Day horse race
- Returned to indoor rock climbing
- Learned what a pandemic was
- Write my non-sequel second novel
- Climb a mountain in Antarctica
- Learn at least barely-passable Finnish
