Now

State

I am currently in my hometown of Te Papaioea Palmerston North, Aotearoa New Zealand with my parents and have been doing so since the end of 2022 after moving back.

I am working in a job I love, which is software development for a global contact lens manufacturer. This is the perfect intersection of my previous occupation, optometrist and my current one. I started this job in March 2023.

Focus

Outside work, I am focusing on my Private Pilot License certification. I started in journey in May 2023. I soloed a while ago and I’m getting close to completion.

After years of spent grinding at the gym, I want to pursue fun ways to stay active:

• At the starts of 2023, I started 🥋 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (and just recently, I got my blue belt);
• at the same time I started 🕺 Latin Dance, having attended a festival;
• I still do 🏋️ Weightlifting, aftestarting this sport in 2013/2014;
• I also wanted to do something different and well outside my comfort zone with 🤸‍♂️ Pole Dance, which I started in mid-2023.

I also want to keep my mind working:

• 📝 writing, that’s the purpose of this blog;
• taking more 📷 photographs to inspire my creativity;
• I want to be inspired by 🎬 film (trying to avoid “junk” media);
• I want to 📚 read better books.