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- Linh NG
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1. ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒโฃ
(a) We moved back to Lille back in 2023, surprising our friends and family. The whole 2024, thereโs not a single day we regretted itโฃ
(b) Our two boys had a much healthier year, with Lucas receiving his treatment for the annoying allergy while Felix entered his 2nd year at nursery, hence much more resilientโฃ
(c) We all traveled back home to Hanoi, in May. For Lucas and myself, it has been since Covid. Itโs a weird feeling. It feels HOME! โฃ
(d) It has been our 13th year Ngoc and I together, and itโs never been enough. Wife, lover, colleague, boss, boysโ mother, whatever itโs called, itโs yet another great 365 days. โฃ โฃ
2. ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌโฃ
I met some of my best friends in 2024 (Ahmed, Phuong, Sang, Trang, Kannan), while I missed some in the last minutes (Ilkay, Sri, Josip). Best friends are those we might rarely meet / talk to, but itโs always feel connected when together. โฃ โฃ
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(a) Celebrated 2nd Metaversary - our work anniversary at Meta. It has been a wonderful ride, and everyday worth it. In 2024, I won back my comfort and had a chill year with kids and family.โฃ
(b) Continued to invest and hope that FI wonโt be farโฃ
(c) Started to build my muscle on a new set of skills, both through books and actions, about building things. Interesting reads inclu de but not limited to Zero to One and Lean Startup. Fun time building including rebuilding my team at Meta, creating a LLM bot to help Lucas understand his math lesson, and working with Giovanni on something weโre passionate about.โฃ
(d) โI know Iโm on the Right Path Because Things Stopped Being Easyโ. (3a) indeed suggests me otherwise, and 2024 gave me a concrete plan for 2025โฃ โฃ โฃ
๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: โฃ
- Be calmer and gentler with the boysโฃ (I feel like already failing...)
- More attentive to details โฃ
- Attend a concert โฃ
- Spend time admiring masterpieces in Orsay museumโฃ
- Learn new skillsets: negotiation and saleโฃ
- Be wilder executing (3c) and (3d): bold, passionate and fearlessโฃ
- Finish these books from shelf: Atomic Habits, Never split the difference, Man search for meaning, Principled and The hard things about hard thingsโฃ
- Get back to basis: Statistical Learning and Transformer