New email, same dood. Revue got shut down by Elon Musk trimming weight over at Twitter, so I happily moved over to Beehiiv. Bare with me while I work on styling this thing up...

Here's what's been going on...

• Last month in NJ - surfing here is stupid

• Work threw me a curveball

• Side-projects are on pause for the moment ☠️ 🙏

CURRENTLY IN NJ

We got a couple good swells in NJ but honestly after living in Central America and Indonesia for nearly a decade - I have ZERO motivation to get suited up in a straight-jacket while freezing my nipples off for some thigh-high waves.

I still think cold weather surf spots are probably going to be my preference in the future (simply due to less crowds), but cold weather Nova Scotia/BC/Ireland/South Africa are much different than cold weather NJ.

It really does test how much you love surfing! 😆 Won't find 99% of people in Bali or Costa Rica surfing in NY/NJ winter!

Luckily I got some Mason Ho 2022 vibes coming up this week :)

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WORK

Sooo my company dropped a bomb on me a couple weeks ago...

No they didn't fire me.

Worse...

They told me to learn Angular 🤪

I just started to feel like I'm peaking with VueJS + Tailwind (one of the main reasons I took the job) and one day without any notice I was told: here's your new boss and a tutorial for Angular - stop all work on the other project immediately 😳

Granted it's the biggest project at the company right now - I'm def not stoked to be off Vue projects for what seems to be at least 6-months 😥

PROJECTS

Welp - after working over the holidays and now 2 simultaneous work-related projects + my own side-project - I think I've hit the later stages of burnout...

I tried to pepper in my own projects - but I definitely pushed myself to the limits. I thought the extra effort was going to pay off at work - so I put in more of my own time, but unfortunately things didn't work out.

I ended up with a lot of stress, a strained family holiday, and giving away much of my time for free. I continued to juggle the 3 projects for a couple months and it all became too much.

Therefore, I've put my side-projects on hold for the time being. I wanted to prioritize my health (physical and mental) this year - and I was off to a great start but the overworking definitely cracked me.

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