Mid-Year Goals Checkpoint
It’s hard to believe that we’re over the half-way point of 2025! As I reflect back on my goals and focus areas that I defined earlier in the year, it’s incredible to see the progress that I have made and the pivots that some aspects of my life have changed. It’s been a hell of a year so far, but I’m also really excited to share that I have been doubling-down on my key focus areas for the year and not trying to change them too much.
Family
My boys are 9 and 7 years old, respectively! It’s been a wonderful year to see them grow and complete another school year. We’re really lucky that we have been able to have some good family trips so far this year (San Diego over Spring Break, Victoria over Easter and Vancouver Island to start the summer break). We front-loaded a ton of our trips, so the remainder of the year we will be spent locally in Vancouver which is something we are looking forward to. I have been working really hard to try to spend more time with the kids off devices, whether that be playing video games, reading or getting outside with them. Engaging with growing children doesn’t come without it’s own challenges, so I’m looking forward to continuing my growth in this area.
Cycling
I’m well on my way of exceeding my goal of 365 hours of cycling this year! At time of writing, I’m about ~20h ahead of my goal which is expected during the summer months. I’m hoping to bank a number of hours this summer so that I’m not playing catch-up on Zwift during the winter. I am also proud that I completed my first ever gravel event (Goodride Gravel) and my first GranFondo (Valley GranFondo)! These events challenged me physically and mentally which I really enjoyed. Unfortunately, due to poor planning I won't have any other events this year as I won’t be attending the Whistler GranFondo. I will be planning ahead more next year for this. In the meantime, I’m excited to continue to do lots of rides to meet my time goal this year - solo rides, family rides and club rides!
Work
Finally, the most dynamic part of my life so far this year has been my work and role. Back in November of last year I took on a new opportunity that moved me back into people management and in an engineering leadership role again. While I was super excited for this role and spent an amazing ~6 months with the team, I’m proud to share that I have joined Salesforce’s newly formed Office of the Chief Architect (OCA)! This is a new function within the Technology organization and I’m responsible for bootstrapping the organization, operations, programs - basically a little bit of everything to get this new team going. I’m really excited for this opportunity and it’s breathing some fresh life back into my career at Salesforce and setting me up for success in the future.
That’s it! It’s been great to spend a bit of time writing on my blog, but now I need to get back to working towards my goals this year!