Goals 2023-2026

Two years ago I wrote Goals 2021-2023 and looking back at that now at the almost-start of 2023, I am so proud to say I was 95% successful in reaching every goal I had.

Time for some new ones! Let’s describe the Victoria of 2026…

It’s January of 2026 and I am 24 years old. I have spent the last 3 years experimenting and growing in my career and personal life. This is what I have done:

Career:

1. Grow my knowledge of the AI industry
2. Grow my presence
3. Grow my knowledge of Python and development

Life:

1. Find more of myself
2. Explore, learn, and record experiences
3. Push the boundaries of what I’m capable of

Overall, I’m looking to further define myself and the person I want to become, as well as collect stories and experiences to reflect on. I don’t want to be stuck or stagnant, I want to be dynamic and malleable.

Career

Goal #1: Grow my knowledge of the AI industry

I was stuck on this for awhile, I think because it was too confined. I want to be able to recognize major people and brands in the AI industry, and what they’re doing to grow. I want to know trends happening, and where growth is. I want to know what still can be improved and expanded, and where I, in particular, am interested in continuing my knowledge-growth in.

Goal #2: Grow my presence

Avenues:

• conferences and talks
• TikTok, YouTube, and other online videos
• Blog, Twitter, and LinkedIn

My goal is to grow my network and to build up a presence in the AI development community through several different platforms. I want to grow my confidence in what I know and can share, and also gain the skills needed for conference speaking and video making. I want to document things I learn and be an active member and teacher of the NLP online community.

Goal #3: Grow my knowledge of Python and development

This is a pretty vague goal, and not really for a good reason. I’m not sure I really know what I don’t know, I think it’s more about fine-tuning my development skills. I want to be able to create projects with concise, beautiful code that works, and I want to be able to do this faster than I currently can.

My main focus will probably be Python, but I’d also like to dabble a bit some front-end web development. I’d like to accomplish this through a project and applicational based approach.

Life

Goal #1: Find more of myself

Sometimes you’ve got to get a little lost if you want to be found, so I’m on a mission to rediscover who I am and who I want to be.

Filling time without being full

I want my time to feel full, but I still want to leave time for feeling empty and free. I want to enjoy my youth a little, break habits and not be confined to time. But at the same time, reach these goals and grow as a person. This is probably the trickiest one to measure.

Doing things scared

I am, surprisingly, a very anxiety-ridden person. I don’t really like being uncomfortable, but I also understand the value of it, and most of the time, it leads to some amazing experiences that I wouldn’t have had if I was too scared to start. So - the mindset is to do things scared, to not let fear stop the adventure, but rather enhance the experience.

“Fear doesn’t shut you down, it wakes you up” - Four, Divergent

Fake it til you make it

Ok, not going to lie here, I think that me having confidence in myself is a pretty big ask. However, I do think it’s something I need to work on, particularly the aspect of not being perfect.

Goal #2: Explore, learn, and record experiences

I’m going to be living in Europe, a dream of mine for a long time. I don’t want to be stagnant though, so explore, learn, and live (but like, not that cheesy 🧀).

Explore new things

Learn from your surroundings

Record my experiences

Goal #3: Push the boundaries of what I’m capable of

This one is pretty general, but I’ve decided to leave it this way. I know I’m going to grow in ways I don’t necessarily expect, and this goal allows me to continually improve in things without having to necessarily know what they all are yet.

Avenue #1: Physical fitness

Avenue #2: Learning

Avenue #3: Creating

As was with the last set of goals, I can’t imagine how good, perfect even, of a place I will be if I reach all of these. But that’s the fun in it I guess, you never know the future, can only guess at who you will be, at where the world will be. I know I’ll have more than just this in three years time, I’m not the kind of person to be satisfied very easily with what I’ve accomplished. I only hope to make myself proud of how far I’ve come, and be excited by how much more I can grow. - Victoria of 20.11.2022