Justin's Blog Another Day; Another Adventure

It’s March

This past month has been amazing and I have met and hung out with so many great people, but with all of that stuff I've hardly had time to blog, so right now, I'd love to just write a bit about what I've been up to and my goals for the next month, if for nothing but as a kind of diary, since I've got a horrible memory and can't possibly remember all this stuff.

For the last two weeks it's basically been madness, I walked into the lab today and my co-worker remarked that I hadn't been in since before our ski trip which was February 9th, crazy huh? That made me realize that I'm doing what I always do, take on more and more projects and making excuses to myself about stuff so in March my goal is to stop taking on new things, reassessing where I am on my current ones, putting some on hold and making a ton of progress on the rest. I'm going to learn how to straighten my priorities and learn to say no, or at least a long yes...

Here are some of the things I've been working on in February:

Technology Journalism - I've joined onto TeenCastic and Teens In Tech in a few different roles to make them both better products.

Stanford Entrepreneur Week - I was welcomed to Stanford by Kevin Xu and invited to attend several events including Reverse VC Pitch Party with Larry Chiang. I also did VC3 pitches hosted by ASES and went to a great BASES mentorship dinner. It's a great school and hopefully I'll be going there or another similar school in the fall. I really learned a lot from the students there and know that whatever most of them do with their lives they will make a big impact. It was great meeting everyone and best of luck!

Other projects: I'm working on a few other projects that aren't ready for primetime yet, but keep your eyes peeled for them.

My plan for March.

Be great at all the stuff I have on my plate, meet a ton of new people and help out as many as I can. Build relationships and hang out with old friends. Have fun and get things done. I have a few major things that I need to get done and I'm going to do them.