My Year in Activities, 2012
Published on December 30, 2012 (❠March 3, 2024), filed under Adventure (RSS feed for all categories).
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 Iâm going to move the Year in Activities series I decided against moving either series over to Google+. And Iâll make an adjustment: As opposed to former years I wonât talk about the activities in detailâread 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 đ)
- Flying an airplane (Cessna)
- Donating blood (U.S. regulations didnât permit me to)
- Emergency Oâ administration training (ERT)
- Flower arrangement training
- Fire extinguisher training (ERT)
- Writing training
- First ballet visit (watching, not breaking my bones đ)
- 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 paddleboarding
- 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 (yes⌠law enforcement thing)
As I said before, constantly trying new things doesnât only make you grow, it also makes you look back at a year and say, âyeah, that makes senseâtime didnât just vaporize.â
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 âfor real.â 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 itâs worth sharing more in a little different format. And I would, as of myâgiven how rarely I write these daysâambitious plans, also talk a bit more about the necessary mindset, logistics, and cost. I hope I donât over-promise, but thatâs the plan. [And it worked out.]
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Iâm Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and Iâm a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. Iâve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, Iâm close to W3C and WHATWG, and I write and review books for OâReilly and Frontend Dogma.
I love trying things, not only in web development (and engineering management), but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my views and experiences.
If youâd like to do me a favor, interpret charitably (I speak three languages, and they do collide), yet be critical and give feedback for me to fix issues, learn, and improve. Thank you!
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Find adventure anywhere? Try 100 Things I Learned as an Everyday Adventurer (2013). During my time in the States I started trying everything. Everything. Then I noticed that wasnât only fun, it was also useful. Available at Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and Leanpub.