Status Update – 10.28.13

Here’s a short post to round out this month. I’m…

Reading:

Red Herrings and Elephants

Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture

Learning:

New recipes

Basic fashion tips

Experimenting with:

Wunderlist

Duolingo

Mobile Day

Doodle MeetMe

Wrike

Playing:

Pokemon Y

Pikmin 3

The Wonderful 101

Watching:

Amazing Race

Mindy Project

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

Attending:

Navigating Grad School as a Working Professional

Seattle Goodwill’s Glitter Gala and Glitter Sale

Working on:

Becoming a better home chef

Refreshing joshuaholland.co

Planning a holiday escape

Visiting the dog park regularly again

Obtaining a personal CRM system

Starting a Delta Lambda Phi Local Alumni Association in Seattle

Hitting publish more regularly

A longer blog post…

[Photo courtesy of StevenW]

JHXXVI – Fresh Start, New Year

“Cut, it’s a wrap!”

Like many good things, my 25th year has come to an end. No big bangs or fireworks but many lessons learned from a challenging year which allowed me to explore my life as an entrepreneur, redefine my personal values, and lay the framework for some important “personal infrastructure projects” which I hope will pay off in the near future.

Looking ahead it’s hard to say what the new year has in store but if I learned anything from my 25th year, it’s that you have to put your best foot forward every day and plant all seeds of opportunity. The combination of these two actions will lead to the creation of a stronger and more prosperous future.  

In celebration of this milestone, I’ve created a personal curation project using Tagboard to capture the last few moments of my 25th year. I also drew up a list of personal improvements I hope to achieve in the coming year (listed below for reference).

To another year, *Cheers*


26th Year - Personal Improvement Opportunities 

• Make regular investments in my personal fitness

• Reconnect and maintain connections within my network

• Hit a little harder when it comes to point of view (POV)

• Recover quicker from “life blows”

• Push myself beyond my normal comfort zone

• Take action more frequently and ask myself “what’s the worst that could happen”

• Think more strategically about new opportunities and alliances

• Manage and respect my own time

• Step out of the weeds and look up at the bigger picture

• Don’t be afraid to take the lead occasionally   

• Own good work and learn quickly from missteps

• Strive to be the first to nod, smile, compliment, and forgive

• Draft faster, revise with care, and hit publish more frequently

• Exhibit a high level of emotional control

"Realign your life perspective frequently and often to avoid catastrophic derailments."

Year in Review, XXVI On the Horizon

The start of fall is here and so is my personal end of year (EOY). A lot has changed since I turned 25 but overall it’s been a good. I learned a lot, made new friends, and invested heavily in a number of “personal infrastructure” projects. I’m using this post to pause and reflect on my 25^th year. Check back next week for an EOY post focused on ambitions and goals for my 26^th year. Stay tuned, cheers!

Year-In Review

• Started blogging again regularly
• Dipped my toe into the world of freelancing; pitched and secured 5 clients
• Visited America’s neighbor to the south for a winter getaway in Cabo
• Traveled back to Asia for a fall trip to Seoul
• Recalibrated my personal business philosophy and priorities
• Organized and planned PRSA Jumpstart
• Learned the fundamentals of HTML and launched my own personal website
• Adapted new organizational techniques
• Met a few of my favorite local “superstars”
• Started keeping secrets from my computer via an analog journal
• Island hopped in Washington’s San Juan Islands
• Lived out my “what if I lived in Capitol Hill fantasy”
• Helped manage social media strategy for Citizen University
• Learned to make Boudin from my Granny
• Experimented with startup life via Startup Weekend Seattle and Tripcierge
• Reconnected with my two mentors
• Ended one of the worst business relationships I’ve ever been a part of
• Picked up my camera and started shooting photos again
• Celebrated my first year as a West Seattleite
• Returned to the kitchen and added a few recipes to my repertoire (#JoshFood) 

[Photo courtesy of davejansen1964]

“Seoul, Our Movie” Video Contest

Attention aspiring filmmakers, the city of Seoul is looking for help making a movie. The film titled, “Seoul, Our Movie” (currently in production) is focused on capturing the diverse experiences and feelings related to Seoul. When complete the city hopes the film will help introduce Seoul to new global citizens and increase people’s love for Seoul.

The initiative was launched by the city of Seoul in August and is being led by PARKing CHANce – a Korean film making studio owned by Park Chan-wook who recently debuted his film Stoker in Hollywood and Park Chan-kyong a prominent Korean artist.

Interested filmmakers can participate in this global film project by recording and uploading short clips (no more than 5 minutes) to the “Seoul, Our Movie” YouTube channel. The clips should relate to one of the film’s three themes - working in Seoul, made in Seoul, and Seoul (full explanation of each listed below in the theme section). The portrayal of aspects of Seoul can be both tangible and intangible. Genre of clips can vary but project organizers will not accept parody style clips.

Top clips will be added to the overall film being produced by PARKing CHANce and the best filmmakers will be rewarded with prizes. A few of the prizes include a free trip to Seoul, new Kia, laptops, and many other fun prizes. Best of luck to all participants; happy shooting!

How to Participate
1) Visit and subscribe to the “Seoul, Our Movie” YouTube Channel
2) Choose one of the three themes and create a video based on the selected theme
3) Upload your video to the “Seoul, Our Movie” YouTube Channel before November 9, 2013 at 11:50 PM (KST)

Note:  Publish your video by adding a comment with a link to your video on YouTube

Themes 
1) Working in Seoul: Show a typical day of a working Seoulite
2) Made in Seoul: Make use of a Korean made smartphone and explain its impact on your life
3) Seoul: Show any experience or feeling relating to Seoul

Contest Overview Once the submission process of the contest ends on November 9^th at 11:59 PM (KST), PARKing CHANce will select appropriate clips to incorporate into the overall film and add professional edits where needed. Entries will be judged on creativity, originality of expression, and number of views and likes on YouTube.

After all of these quantitative and qualitative aspects are measured, the best clips will be selected by PARKing CHANce. Top filmmakers will be entered for a chance to win cool prizes including a free trip to Seoul, new Kia, laptops, and many other fun prizes.

Submission Period

•  8/20/2013 – 11/9/2013 at 11:59pm (KST)

Contest Specifics

• Open to all global citizens who love Seoul;  no restrictions
• All video formats able to upload to YouTube are accepted 
• All videos must include “Seoul” in their titles
• Videos must be under 5 minutes
• Acceptable Genres: Documentaries,  fiction films, films of reenacted events, self-filmed movies, films created from still photos, etc. ALL PARODY FILMS WILL BE REJECTED

Contest Website: www.seoulourmovie.com/en/overview/overview.asp
Contest YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/seoulourmovie
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