Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2019 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2019.

2018 5 minutes, 2017 5 minutes, 2016 5 minutes, 2015 5 minutes, 2014 5 minutes, 2013 5 minutes, 2012 5 minutes, 2011 5 minutes, and 2010 5 minutes

• Learning about Chris’ bike accident and then ER
• My nephew Jakobe being born
• Trip to Tokyo especially Hokkaido despite the freezing weather and Tokyo — day with the Waldos and…yes alas getting separated
• Getting a promotion
• Deciding to quit the job
• Interviewing at many places and refining my narrative
• Litcrawl with my new writing group
• Having dinner and coffee with Jenny
• Going to Portland for XOXO despite having challenges with Chris
• Going to New York despite Chris’ noise issues
• Standing up to badly behaving coworker when he said something inappropriate
• All my great research projects at work especially personas, abandoners, and consumers
• Cinderella bike ride in the east bay…for the third time, I think
• Going to Yosemite despite it not being the best
• Hike in the Pinnacales…
• That pseudo proposal with a ring pop!
• Creating our holiday video, especially the concept and editing process
• Having my short story workshopped at the CCSF writing class and realizing that hey, my story actually really works and other people really admire it
• Being on the healthcare panel