{"id":3896,"date":"2015-01-03T22:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/?p=3896"},"modified":"2015-01-03T22:15:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T20:15:11","slug":"2014-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2015\/01\/2014-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My high school principal, who is a known blogger in Lithuania, says that to be liked, blogs must be personal. When I check readership stats, I see that my blog enjoyed much more popularity when it was more personal. I also enjoy blogs with a personal touch. So this year I&#8217;m planning to continue posting old and new travel diaries and various stories I encounter. For the first post of 2015, I&#8217;ll use <a href=\"http:\/\/into-mind.com\/2014\/12\/16\/your-year-in-review-50-questions-to-help-you-reflect-appreciate-and-get-excited-for-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">this questionnaire<\/a> as a basis (here are\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2011\/01\/wishlist-for-2010\/\" title=\"Wishlist of 2010\">2010<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2011\/12\/the-abc-of-this-years-travels\/\" title=\"The ABC of this year&#8217;s travels\">2011<\/a> in review). <!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">1.<\/span>What one event, big or small, are you going to tell your grandchildren about?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t frame it that way, with grandchildren and all, but changing jobs, freelancing as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2013\/09\/consultant-on-equal-opportunities\/\" title=\"My work as a consultant on equal opportunities\">consultant<\/a> and re-starting drawing classes were obvious highlights. One thing that connects them is the realization that it&#8217;s actually not too scary to follow one&#8217;s intuition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">2.<\/span>If you had to describe your 2014 in 3 words, what would they be?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exploring, remembering, challenges<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">3.<\/span>What new things did you discover about yourself?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I can manage my own time, I actually like the kind of work I&#8217;ve been doing from 2008. Also, life helps me not to move too far from real friends.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">4.<\/span>What single achievement are you most proud of?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll hear about it soon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">5.<\/span>What was the best news you received?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Same as above.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">6.<\/span>What was your favourite place that you visited in 2014?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s name new places &#8211; that must be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/tag\/baku\/\" title=\"\">Baku<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">7.<\/span>Which of your personal qualities turned out to be the most helpful this year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Flexibility. I used to think it was difficult to do three different things at the same time (work full-time, TA a class and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/media-portfolio\/\" title=\"Journalism\">write a column<\/a>). In 2014 I juggled at least seven.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">8.<\/span>Who was your number one go-to person that you could always rely on?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several, and they know who they are.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">9.<\/span>Which new skills did you learn?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Diplomacy and intercultural communication when coordinating projects with China and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">10.<\/span>What, or who, are you most thankful for?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My boss and colleagues for the new job &#8211; what a change!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">11.<\/span>If someone wrote a book about your life in 2014, what kind of genre would it be? A comedy, love story, drama, film noir or something else?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A script for a sitcom<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">12.<\/span>What was the most important lesson you learnt in 2014?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patience, patience, patience<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">13.<\/span>Which mental block(s) did you overcome?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thesis-writing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">14.<\/span>What 5 people did you most enjoy spending time with?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Won&#8217;t list them publicly<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">15.<\/span>What was your biggest break-through moment career-wise?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting a freelance career in consulting, which was more successful in 2014 than what I expected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">16.<\/span>How did your relationship to your family evolve?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First road trip with family!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">17.<\/span>What book or movie affected your life in a profound way?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"byline\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature\">Still feeling the effects of &#8220;<span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good<\/span><span class=\"a-size-medium a-color-secondary a-text-normal\">&#8220;<\/span> by <span class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"> <a class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp;field-author=Matthew+Crawford&amp;search-alias=books-uk&amp;text=Matthew+Crawford&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Matthew Crawford<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">18.<\/span>What was your favourite compliment that you received this year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can&#8217;t think of any<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">19.<\/span>What little things did you most enjoy during your day-to-day life?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2014\/03\/experimental-coffee\/\" title=\"Experimental coffee\">Coffee in my balcony<\/a>, drawing comics outside in summer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">20.<\/span>What cool things did you create this year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hmm, maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2014\/11\/my-first-comic-published-somewhere-else-than-my-blog\/\" title=\"My first comic published somewhere else than my blog\">this comic<\/a>? Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2014\/08\/media-freedom-in-hungary-my-latest-for-equal-times\/\" title=\"Media freedom in Hungary &#8211; my latest for Equal Times\">this article<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">21.<\/span>What was your most common mental state this year (e.g. excited, curious, stressed)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Curious<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">22.<\/span>Was there anything you did for the very first time in your life this year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visited Baku, met Indonesian people, gave a CV workshop for students, spent a night on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2014\/04\/cambridge-revisited\/\" title=\"Cambridge revisited\">Cambridge<\/a> campus, talked to Israeli border guards in Hebrew, did a headstand without an instructor watching over&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">23.<\/span>What was your favourite moment spent with your friends?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When my friend R. moved to the same city, and both New Year&#8217;s celebrations with her<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">24.<\/span>What major goal did you lay the foundations for?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Financial sustainability without 9-to-5+ office work, lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/travel\/\" title=\"Travel writing\">travel writing<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">25.<\/span>Which worries turned out to be completely unnecessary?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That I&#8217;ll lose my most precious skills<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">26.<\/span>What experience would you love to do all over again?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Traveling around Lithuania by car, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2014\/06\/going-to-the-negev-again-sde-boker-and-yerucham\/\" title=\"Going to the Negev again! Sde Boker and Yerucham\">sunrise in a desert<\/a>, Mongolian throat singing concert, going to a political event with H. as a reporter&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">27.<\/span>What was the best gift you received?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lovely Budapest apartment to use for two weeks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">28.<\/span>How did your overall outlook on life evolve?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not talk about this \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">29.<\/span>What was the biggest problem you solved?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What to do with my career (for now)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">30.<\/span>What was the funniest moment of your year, one that still makes it hard not to burst out laughing when you think about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Picnic on the rocks with V. and M., pretending that we are having a fancy meal, and speaking French to emphasize this idea<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">31.<\/span>What purchase turned out to be the best decision ever?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hmm&#8230; external harddrive that made me go through old memories?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">32.<\/span>What one thing would you do differently and why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;d be more careful of how I keep my stuff on trains<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">33.<\/span>What do you deserve a pat on the back for?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Going back to studying Japanese<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">34.<\/span>What activities made you lose track of time?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sounds very narcissistic, but reading old diaries<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">35.<\/span>What did you think about more than anything else?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Publishing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">36.<\/span>What topics did you most enjoy learning about?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Indonesian culture, reporting on minorities in Africa<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">37.<\/span>What new habits did you cultivate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Waking up early and doing yoga<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">38.<\/span>What advice would you give your early-2014 self if you could?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Concentrate<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">39.<\/span>Did any parts of your self or your life do a complete 180 this year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t call it 180&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"numb\">40.<\/span>What or who had the biggest positive impact on your life this year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Career changes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My high school principal, who is a known blogger in Lithuania, says that to be liked, blogs must be personal. When I check readership stats, I see that my blog enjoyed much more popularity when it was more personal. I also enjoy blogs with a personal touch. So this year I&#8217;m planning to continue posting old and new travel diaries &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2015\/01\/2014-in-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[909,908],"class_list":["post-3896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-909","tag-year-in-review","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3898,"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions\/3898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}