2020

Some quick information on how 2020 went for me.

Accomplishments

• 3,236 contributions on GitHub
• 210 runs
• 129 climbing sessions
• 8 days surfing
• 7 weird breakcore drum & bass tracks created
• 2 (small) side projects launched
• 2 new programming languages learned (C and TypeScript)
• 2 5.11c outdoor climbing projects sent
• 2 outdoor v4 climbing projects sent
• 1 pr merged to a big open-source project
• Still in Shanghai.

Neutral

• Found out I do not have coronary artery disease.
• Still in Shanghai.

Failures

• 0 dollars earned on side projects
• 0 new music released
• Did not learn the Go programming language
• Did not send 5.12a outdoors
• Did not send v5 outdoors
• My mail-in absentee ballot didn’t arrive in time for 2020 election
• Still in Shanghai.

This is, of course, all referring to my personal development; unrelated to my professional development or job life. At the time of writing this, I’m reassessing whether this was a successful year or not for me individually.

Key visual: 玉龍雪山 (Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) in Lijiang County, Yunnan province, China