1. Power Up

Great year! All of my personal objectives were met. I thought it would be brilliant to sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labours, but that was not to be. The joy was in the journey and not necessarily the destination. What I am most proud about 2016 was how much I have grown, and the lives I have touched this year.

I have also learned a lot about myself during the two-year transition period – leaving the corporate world to becoming self-employed. I had to figure out my values and mission to form my own personal foundation. I also rebuilt the human resource part of my life, which includes using LinkedIn to host

my CV, built my personal website to promote myself, plan my training programs and sort out my insurance. At this point, it was liberating to manage my life like a company.

I needed time and head space to ask myself what I am passionate about and what work makes me happy.

How do you determine whether what you do is your passion? First, you think about it all the time and second, you enjoy working on it even though you are not getting paid! It turns out that I was still passionate about coding, writing and creating artworks. They are still deeply rooted in my DNA.