Since Ryan moved in, Leilani visits nearly every weekend, and Zoe has been thrilled. For the most part, they get along great, and Zoe loves having a “big sister” to follow around and play games with. She gets super excited on Saturday mornings, and has a hard time waiting for Leilani to wake up. Usually, I take her downstairs to watch some videos until it’s time for second breakfast. When Leilani opens the door from upstairs, she always has a big grin on her face, because she knows that Zoe is going to jump up and run over, shouting “LEILANI!!”
“Design for yourself fast. You shouldn’t need to think about what you want, you are what you want. It just comes out of you, and it will be good. But sometimes, you have this feeling that you have to think about it like you would for some detached client project where they sell gutters; your stuff ain’t like that, you know it by heart… so design it by heart. Fast. Don’t get trapped.”
– Alana Twelmeyer on designing for yourself (via Noah Stokes)
Last year I succeeded at 50% of my resolutions. I successfully uploaded all my old photos to flickr, but I wasn’t able to entirely give up soda at my desk. It went great for about six months, and then we had a big deadline, and I started up again. I felt pretty good about lasting six months, though.
This year, I have only one resolution: I signed up for Project 52 over on spaceninja.com. The idea is to post fresh content at least once a week, all year long. I’m aiming to make the content worthwhile, with no fluff. I want to write a lot of good content about web development, to start advancing my ultimate goal of becoming a name in the industry.
The flip side of that resolution is to post more worthwhile stuff over here. I’ve been reading through my archives, and I used to write a lot more. In the last few years, however, I basically only write about Zoe and my work. I miss that “here’s what’s happening with me right now” kinda vibe that blogging used to have. Since I’ve split my professional life into its own blog, there’s no reason to hold back anymore, so I’m going to try to be more personal on here again.
