Where were we...?

I feel like my sporadic posts (for the past few years) have always been pathetic attempts to pick up my blogging habits and blog frequently like I did years ago. I yearn to share my thoughts and have a huge archive of thoughts I can look back on, but for some reason, I've become this bum that doesn't do anything productive in her spare time. - OR, it could just be intastories that became a more convenient way of communication for me (whoops).

Anyway, in the spirit of trying to pick up some habits and making them stick, I'm going to REALLY try hard to keep a blogging momentum going.

So, to the mandatory update-in-life part.


A lot has changed but also not much has changed.

Here's a high-level of a timeline of events since I moved to LA in 2011.

• 2011: Move out of NYC, transitional phase at Dallas for a few months, move to LA
• 2012: Adjustment to LA life wasn't easy. I also didn't like my job, so I resigned at the end of the year
• 2013: Welcomed Chewie and Dante as a new family, started new job at Work #2
• 2014: Started to really like working at Work #2
• 2015: A year of hard work and hard dieting 
• 2016: Decided I needed to switch gears to accelerate my career, left Work #2, started Work #3
• 2017: Baby joins the family. Purchased first home, reno started, so I didn't move in immediately
• 2018: Finally moved into first home
• 2019: Travel, travel, travel. I traveled ~200k miles. Also, Margot, an Australian Sheperd joins the family
• 2020: WFH, COVID-19 

Some immediate interests and goals in life:

• Blogging: Obviously. haha. I really want to capture my life moments and thoughts in writing, and I'm still one of those believers that blogging isn't dead! One thing I do have in mind is to migrate this blog into a Wordpress format, so I could have more flexibility with the style of the blog. 

• Reading: I usually set my yearly goal as 100 books per year, I've been hovering around 40-ish, I would like to at least reach 80's by the end of this year. 

• Peloton: I've had it for over a year now and I still haven't hit my century ride. Would like to get at least some badge every month (btw, if you have peleton, my ID is 'cl2425' if you'd like to add)

• Decluttering: I feel like my strong need for material possession drains my life in many ways. I have multiples of a lot of things, or products just sitting in their retail packaging, not being used for years. I think I've got a hold of my mindless spending issues, now I'm heading into the decluttering realm!!

Now that I've had a lot of time to think about my life and future, I feel like, once again, I have to shake things up and re-arrange my life to put myself back on a good track.
2016 is the last time I made a life-changing decision, and I'm still not sure if I actually made the right choice back then. I have this nagging feeling that I'm still dealing with the consequences of 2016. Anyway, to course-correct all these remorses, I think I'll start making drastic changes to my life. What a fitting time to document the process..!