{"id":3378,"date":"2024-07-06T00:47:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T05:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2024-07-06T00:47:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T05:47:22","slug":"mid-year-check-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/2024\/07\/mid-year-check-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Year Check In &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With half the calendar year in the books (what?!) &#8211; and in the spirit of personal accountability &#8211; I wanted to re-visit the goals I set out for myself for the year. Below are the six goals I made at the end of last year, with quick updates:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A) Update Reel\/Resume:<\/strong> Done and done<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0B) Increase the number of posts in 2024 (goal = 24):<\/strong> I am currently on pace to hit 24. Although, it&#8217;s worth pointing out that I started the year writing more frequently, but it has started to taper.<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0C) Get more acquainted with new software (C4D and\/or Unreal):<\/strong> Partially done. I have spent some time in C4D and am scheduled to take a one day refresher class later this month. Even with the class, it&#8217;s an ongoing goal.<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D) Finish writing script from 2022 (Henching):<\/strong> Haven&#8217;t started<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0E) Create updated Vegeta Cosplay:<\/strong> Done (<a title=\"Best. Day. Ever.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/2024\/05\/c2e2-2024-in-the-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and Awesome<\/a>)<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0F) Increase camera knowledge\/skillset:<\/strong> This has been sort of done, but it is another ongoing goal. In hindsight, I wish I made a more trackable metric for this.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, I am feeling pretty good about what I&#8217;ve done so far. Most of the remaining goals are ongoing, which means it will require focus and discipline on me to objectively consider them accomplished. Hopefully I&#8217;m up for the challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With half the calendar year in the books (what?!) &#8211; and in the spirit of personal accountability &#8211; I wanted to re-visit the goals I set out for myself for the year. Below are the six goals I made at the end of last year, with quick updates: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A) Update Reel\/Resume: Done and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-3378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-goals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3381,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions\/3381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}