1/5/25

Howdy,

Well, what a year it was!
I was just looking back at some photos from 2024 and realized I’d taken 7,738 of them. One of the fun things about this monthly email is that it forces me to look at the previous month’s photos, and I always enjoy it. I’d encourage anyone to set a monthly calendar reminder to do the same.

Photo:

Happy New Year!

Despite living in Lisbon for two years, this was our first New Year’s Eve here. Turns out we have an amazing view of the fireworks from our balcony. I’d never seen fireworks like this before. I guess they go all out for New Year’s since America is the only one with the 4th of July.

Idea:
_{Airpod aviation headset functionality}

This is more of an Apple feature request, but it seems like in the same way you can share audio on Airpods and listen to the same podcast or music, you should be able to utilize the microphone/speakers to talk to your traveling partner like the headsets on on a small private plane or helicopter.

Let’s see if this comes true eventually.

Thought:

New Year, No Goals

I usually try some form of goal setting or yearly planning each year.

Last year I did Best Year Yet. Was it my best year yet? It was awesome, but definitely not because I did that exercise. I even printed out the sheet to have it be… well it didn’t actually get put up. Maybe that was the problem.

The one goal I explicitly remembered making was to break 85 in golf, and that didn’t happen. I did manage a few more 89’s though. But, I did manage to play a lot of golf with friends and had an amazing trip to Pinehurst.

So this year I think I’ll do something different. No goals.

This year I’ll focus on more of who I want to be.

I want to be a good dad, husband, and founder.

To do this, I also need to take care of myself.

So if it doesn’t fall into the first three categories, it needs to fall in the fourth.

Will scheduled date nights ensure I’ll be a good partner? No. But if I don’t schedule a nanny/sitter, we definitely won’t have them. I don’t think it’s going to hurt.

Will scheduling gym time ensure I’ll take care of myself? No, but if I don’t, it will definitely hinder my ability to be a better dad, husband, and founder.

I’m not quite sure how to schedule being a good dad, but maybe the time spent with her is the most important thing at this point? So even if it’s not an hour of baby time, it’s the hour I say no to something else that allows me more time with her.

One last thing I am going to do: Send myself a futureme.org email at the beginning of every quarter. Just a checkin 3 months in the future. How am I feeling about the year so far? If the year ended now, would I say I’m being a good dad, husband, partner? Am I taking care of myself?

That’s it from me.
Have a great January!
See ya next month!

-Troy