My Year in Activities, 2012
Post from December 30, 2012 (ā» June 9, 2021), filed under Adventure.
I wrote a short and sweet book about all these activities: 100 Things I Learned as an Everyday Adventurer!
Similar to the Year in Cities series Iām going to move the Year in Activities series I decided against moving either series over to Google+. And Iāll make an adjustment: As opposed to former years I wonāt talk about the activities in detailāread at the end, why.
- Vacuum forming workshop
- Ice skating
- Paintball
- First ice hockey game (San Jose Sharks vs. Calgary Flames)
- Soap making
- Glass blowing
- Snowboarding
- Trike gliding
- Book binding
- Damage assessment training (emergency response training, ERT)
- First choir performance (listening, not singing š)
- Flying an airplane (Cessna)
- Donating blood (U.S. regulations didnāt permit me to)
- Emergency Oā administration training (ERT)
- Flower arrangement training
- Fire extinguisher training (ERT)
- Writing training
- First ballet visit (watching, not breaking my bones š)
- Floor warden training (ERT)
- Perfume making
- My first straight razor shaves
- Camel riding
- Tuk-tuk rides
- Getting mugged (okay, not quite an activity)
- Laser cutting and etching workshop
- Beekeeping
- Introduction to ham radio
- Motocross (rather: dirt bike) training
- Letterpress printing
- Stand up paddle boarding
- Krav Maga
- Indoor skydiving
- Laser Tag
- Bartending education and certification
- Fencing
- Ikebana
- Rafting
- Drawing training
- Taser training and certification
- Radar certification (ASA 120)
- Body butter making
- Pilates
- Bowhunter online education and certification
- Babysitting online education and certification (ha! ha!)
- Photopolymer platemaking
- Acupuncture
- Drive-in movie
- Facial expressions online training and certification (yesā¦ law enforcement thing)
As I said before, constantly trying new things doesnāt only make you grow, it also makes you look back at a year and say, āyeah, that makes senseātime didnāt just vaporize.ā
Now, why do I just throw a list at you, and not share a bit more as I did in the past? Because I decided to write about all of this āfor real.ā I have several plans for new books, but one will be about my activities. I have done so many things over the years, and learned so much from them, that I think itās worth sharing more in a little different format. And I would, as of myāgiven how rarely I write these daysāambitious plans, also talk a bit more about the necessary mindset, logistics, and cost. I hope I donāt over-promise, but thatās the plan. [And it worked out.]
About Me
Iām Jens Oliver Meiert, and Iām an engineering manager and author. Iāve worked as a technical lead for Google, Iām close to the W3C and the WHATWG, and I write and review books for OāReilly. Other than that, I love trying things, sometimes including philosophy, art, and adventure. Here on meiert.com I share some of my views and experiences.
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Perhaps my most interesting book: 100 Things I Learned as an Everyday Adventurer (2013). During my time in the States I started trying everything. Everything. Then I noticed that wasnāt only fun, it was also useful. Available at Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and Leanpub.