Asked MSCHF for an internship in January by putting a plastic sidewalk newspaper box in front of their office with my resumes inside (the newspaper box even had a permit from city hall). Still working there as the year ends!
Ran a duathlon in Central Park (2 mile run, 12 mile bike, 2 mile run).
Bought a road bike after my hybrid bike was becoming too slow for me.
Moved into a co-living house in New York hosted by Edyfi. One of the best decisions of my life. The people and conversations are incredible, and a lot of what I’ve been able to achieve this year has been because of the house. Still living in the house as the year ends!
Ran two 1500 meter races at Icahn Stadium two weeks apart. Also YOLO’ed and ran the 2000 meter steeplechase with no hurdle experience (the race with the big hurdles and water pit) and had a lot of fun.
My new bike front’s tire got stolen :(
Did a lot of odd jobs over the summer, like delivering Uber Eats (not on a bike, while I was running) and taking pictures of properties around NYC (the coolest job was going inside an abandoned GNC and taking photos)
Wiped out on my bike in the bike lane. I was OK. Made me realize a) how much I love NYC because people are so nice, and b) I really need to be more careful because it could have been much much worse
A video tour of our co-living house went viral on TikTok. Interesting experience seeing how fast something can spread on the internet.
Made overheard.me with 5 other friends during a hackathon. The app lets you share funny quotes you overhear your friends saying. We all used it among ourselves for a few months and it was great.
Met someone :)
Went on vacation with my family to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Really great spending time with them after not seeing them much during the summer.
Had an incredible summer, met so many people
Started in-person classes for the first time (my only other year of college was Zoom only)
Started on my school’s D3 cross country team, and finally got back into a routine with running. Felt really great to be consistently running with other people.
Wrapped up the cross country season by running a 29:45 8k
My favorite restaurant, where I also worked as a dishwasher for three summers in high school, went out of business. Really savored my last meal there
Ran 2 mile races unattached at college indoor track meets. Ran 5:00.7 and 5:00.5. Trying to beat my high school PR of 4:48 by the end of the winter.
Interviewed one of the announcers of the New York City subway, Bernie Wagenblast, for a school project
Finished my third semester of college
In the span of 24 hours, I left my wallet on a plane, missed a flight, and tested positive for COVID. Spending the New Year's quarantined in a tiny London hotel room :(
Will be in NYC again almost all of next year. Looking forward to it!