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2010: A Nate’s Odyssey

• Grew a scruffy beard, then shaved it into a nice goatee
• Took a trip to Vermont for a few days, including a day-trip to Montreal
• Designed and published OCSPLORA Volume One (goal)
• Used Kickstarter to promote and sell Vol. One to a whopping 22 people
• Redesigned the logo and made t-shirts with it
• Moved Ocsplora.com to Tumblr for a while, then back to WordPress
• Made progress on The Donkey Speaks to about halfway done (half-goal)
• Blogged and twittered pretty steadily through the first half of the year (half-goal)
• Developed an interesting photo-tracing art style for postcards and stuff
• Worked as a delivery driver, food server, child transporter and (de)construction assistant
• Started a new business doing print and web design, Mess Kit Media
• Made well over a hundred dollars from my creative ability (goal)
• Spent some time in Providence, RI (where I’m at right now)
• Went snowboarding once
• Two Cape trips with friends – one week-long vacation, one overnight camping trip
• Explored the South Shore a bit, and more of Boston (lots of SOWA trips)
• Influenced some very good articles to be written for OCSPLORA
• Established some clear and concise goals for OCSPLORA for 2011
• Designed a base template for Tumblr websites – used it for everything
• Helped Coffee Haven to establish a web presence, and an email newsletter
• Helped Kelly & Co. Hair Salon to establish their web presence
• Designed a logo for Flagg Medical
• Designed a logo for The Chop Shop
• Designed business cards for HeartSafeCPR
• Designed a flyer for Parlor Salon & Apothecary
• Helped Mobility by Dennis to establish a web presence, and Google ads
• Built a website for StoryTapestry
• Read and listened to a ton of books (mostly non-fiction) and listened to a ton of podcasts
• Continued to strengthen working relationships with OCSPLORA contributors
• Sent 9-ish OCSPLORA Soundings email updates for contributors and care-takers
• Hosted Friday Night Dinners nearly every week for the whole year
• Started trail running – loved it
• Started up at Planet Fitness as soon as they opened, went 2 or 3 times a week (goal)
• Went on a 6 week eating plan – felt great about it
• Confronted a close friend about some difficult things
• Wrote down a vague dream job description
• Helped FCCH work out its missions strategy for the future
• Got a euro-mullet
• Loved well, lived fully, laughed a lot