11. 1. Take trapeze class at SF Circus School
2. Skate a roller derby banked track practice
3. Travel more around the USA
4. Learn to pickle vegetables
5. Give blood
6. Make BBQ sauce from scratch
7. Throw a Halloween party
8. Take a ridiculous Splash Mountain photo
9. Run a 5k
10. Enter a pie into a county fair pie contest
11. Throw a themed dinner party
12. Go on a hot air balloon ride
13. Go to Japan
14. Learn basic Japanese phrases for trip
15. Go on a mother/daughter vacation
16. Go to a U-pick farm
17. Learn how to make homemade pasta
18. Learn 10 awesome cocktails recipes
19. Go to a taping of the Price is Right
20. Organize items at Mom and Dad’s
21. Create a font
22. Take Strengths Finder test
23. Have a BBQ on the beach
24. Message in a bottle
25. Read the happiness project
26. Run a 10k
27. Be more spontaneous!
28. Better my computer drawing skills
29. Fire an Uzi
30. Do a random act of pizza
30 before 30 list
12. Accomplished
1. Take a beer making class
2. Buy a house
3. Submit a patent at work
4. Have a patent filed
5. Fly business class
6. Go on an international business trip
7. Zip lining through the Santa Cruz mountains
8. Become a senior level designer
9. Take a kayaking class in Santa Cruz
10. Compete in a hackathon
11. Be in the sports section of a newspaper
12. Meet Grumpy Cat
13. Take a glass workshop (fusing and molding)
14. Complete Toastmasters CC manual
15. Have a fabulous wedding
16. Submit solo session to SXSW Interactive
17. Speak at a work related conference
18. Host a typography scavenger hunt
Work in progress
19. Own a corgi
20. Decorate my home office
21. Write a book
22. Run a 1/2 marathon
23. Run a 5k in 30minutes or less
24. Complete a 365 project
25. Sew a dress
26. Drive a monster truck
27. Find 10 letterboxes
28. Grow a square watermelon
29. Own a fruit salad tree
30. Volunteer to take photos for local SPCA
40 before 40 list
49. writing another medium article
attending more meet ups
volunteering design resources
taking a skillshare class
networking with other professionals
working on your portfolio
posting more to social media
redoing my website
learning a new coding language
reading more news articles
polishing prototyping skills
better work / life balance
mentoring more
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personal advice
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Excited to be working toward an actual career that i was interested in
UI design, front end
inspiration (making it lovely), 2.6 million hits on google….
2010 started (27/28) 2012 ended (29/30)
Favorites being 13 - Japan (and 14 - Japanese phrases), 15 - mom/daughter vacation, 19 - price is right,
php script 2708 days till i turn 40
Relatable item to the audience
here we are
tying it back into why this is interesting for them
advice, tip, and insights that i gained that I wanted to share
Where to start - crafting your life list
out of comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at).
encourage personal development.
provide learning or growing experience
create memories
first draft list too many “shoulds” however, tend make time for “want” goals
Should - Negative self talk and others influence on our lives
Want - genuinely enjoy doing or see the value
Need - blockers from getting to where you want to be
#citizenfail example
Photos to insert - three other goals that accomplished doing something that i enjoyed with friends
first draft of list contained too many “shoulds” however, tend make time for “want” goals
Should - Negative self talk and others influence on our lives
Want - genuinely enjoy doing or see the value
Need - blockers from getting to where you want to be
speaking up for what you want
Recent all hands story.
Recent all hands story.
career list work party
Laura advocating
“do the work"
incremental progress and development
“emu syndrome”, getting distracted by the next bright, shiny thing or trend
“do the work"
incremental progress and development
“emu syndrome”, getting distracted by the next bright, shiny thing or trend
Where to start
crafting your life list
Don’t be too specific. (SMART goals)
Get you out of your comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at).
Does it encourage your own personal development.
Does it provide a learning or growing experience
Things that create memories
now that we have a starting point, we can peel back some of the layers to understand why this methodology works for many people.
Daniel Kahneman's (noble prize winner psychologist) peak-end theory
Creating memories - perception of reality
Not duration of time but life measured in memories
When there are peaks, we typically will remember them and were we ended up
My career path
anticipation
delayed gratification
time to reflect
learning rail style and printing up maps
learning phrases
learning phrases
examining our relationship before getting engaged
bonding experience
something that we never thought we would do
Look for the peaks and where you end up
Don’t go seeking others personal stories of success. Seek out stories and examples of things that genuinely inspire you.
Medium article.
bri: 50k (31 miles)
lexi: group fitness certification
aim: 44 next week (3250 miles total) since october down 30 pounds
Not sure who to share with?
Nicole, speaking at a conference
Where to start
crafting your life list
Don’t be too specific. (SMART goals)
Get you out of your comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at).
Does it encourage your own personal development.
Does it provide a learning or growing experience
Things that create memories
and set backs.
Making time
frantic living - always feeling like you could be doing more in a competitive career
- frantic living - always feeling like you could be doing more in a competitive career
exhausted
never good enough
-Giving up that it can all be done
-Buying back time at work
-examining your current processes and identifying areas that you can weave in some of these items (passion projects, stepping out of your current role…etc)
examine your processes
use your time wisely and on things that matter
slow down to speed up
leverage your successes
-my work should speak for itself but i should also speak up when the environment is noisily (do the work, show your work, archive what you are proud of, tell your story and why you accomplished this)
-Stop comparing others outsides to your insides
-instead of jealousy or being bummed out that your progress or journey looks different than others, think “wow, that’s possible"
Whitney quote
Whitney quote
Laura advocating
slow down to speed up
imposter syndrome, get over it!
craft - finding balance of should, want, need, speak up, and don’t get distracted
why - create peaks/memories and plan long term
inspired - find your people and inspire
challenges - examine your existing process and get over imposter syndrome
Where to start - crafting your life list
out of comfort zone (ie. not just creating goals for things we are good at).
encourage personal development.
provide learning or growing experience
create memories