27

Ah, the dreaded time of self-reflection.

It's uncomfortable because I'm forced to face the hard facts. When my brother brings up his concerns about how we're approaching our passions and our lives, I get turned off not by his tone or honesty, but rather by my inability to accept that I am indeed making very little progress. It's not him who is the problem, it's me.

Check in - 1st Year

On August 31st, 2018 I left my job at TD to pursue a passion project. I worked on that project blindly for 4 months and realized it had no potential. Now, looking back makes me wonder if the project was the reason I left or if it was the pursuit of creating something. Either way, after failing, I dove into a few other things to keep busy. I learned basic Game Development, Android Development and how to work with AI APIs.

While working on all that, I got into York's Launch YU incubator to help accelerate the testing of products in the market... and if there's one thing I've learnt from the program, it's to talk to users.

26

Today I turn 26. There's not much special about the number, and in many ways there wasn't much special about the year. I have however looked back at a few things and reflected as critically as I possibly can, on my goals, my willingness to achieve them, and whether I achieved them or not. Perhaps the most important goal I had set up was to have 100,000 people using my apps... I am nowhere near, and with only 3,000 downloads, I am forced to become my worst critic.