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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
