Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Lucky 13

Today (May 1) is the thirteenth anniversary of my blog! I have blogged every Sunday since 2011. That is more than a third of my life!

Every May 1, I like to do a retrospective of some kind. This year, I thought I would highlight some of the developmental milestones of my life of the last thirteen years, with links to posts where I talked about them. (I know few, if any, of the posts will end up being read.)

Worked at distribution center

Followed pop music

Loved geology

Worked at BYU Studies 

Obsessed over holiday foods

Unclehood

Became more comfortable in my skin 

Worked for Church History Department

Wisdom teeth

Graduated from BYU 

Moved back home 

Fell in love with trail running

Had my name published in and on books

Lost Jenny the cat 

My first solar eclipse

Bought a car

Got Jimmy the cat 

Unemployment

Worked at This Is the Place 

My first triathlon

Visited every county 

Bucket list before turning thirty 

Worked at Sundance Film Festival

A new perspective on Thanksgiving 

Researched Pioneer Day

Aged out of the YSA ward 

A pandemic and an earthquake 

Started grad school

Disgust with political factions 

Attended one semester in person at the University of Utah 

Lost Jimmy and got Reggie

Worked at the Church History Department again

Finished grad school 

Had PRK surgery 

Came out 

 Joined the editorial team of Wayfare

Worked for Utah Historical Quarterly

Published my Pioneer Day article 

Another contract job 

 My second solar eclipse

It has been interesting to glimpse these posts from over the years. My writing style has changed, and I choose to talk about different things. My initial reaction is to think I do a better job now, which might be true, but different is not necessarily better or worse. And in a year or five or ten, I will see how different I am from 2024. 

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