New Year, New Start

Over the years, I have dabbled in blogging as well as regular writing in a few occasions: as the Editor-in-Chief of my high school’s online newspaper, as a student journalist for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, as a summer journalism student in 2011, and as a blogger for the Alberti Program, an award-winning educational program aimed at sharing the love of design with inner city children and youths.

That being said, these were all one-off efforts without long-term sustained production in writing. I consider myself a curious person (besides being called “Curious George” for many years at school), but with the many commitments and obligations that we all face day to day, sometimes it’s hard to distill one’s thoughts, let alone finding a channel to do so. I hope to use this opportunity to collect some of my thoughts and findings as I navigate myself into a whole new world at the intersection of design, business, policy, technology, and more.

Here’s my new year resolution: I will write or post, short or long, one post a day for 2021 – about my life, about what I’m reading or discovering, about what I’m working on, and more.

There will be a caveat, though: as we all know, life can get in the way (of many things). As I have recently learned in Atomic Habits, sometimes it’s okay to let yourself get off track (but never for 2+ days though). This way, there will be less guilt when that happens, encouraging a more positive mindset and ensuring sustainability in the long run. I guess this my way of prefacing that I might be off for a day or two (but, hopefully, never more than two.)

New Year, New Start. Here’s to a year filled with reflection and discovery!