What I Did This Week (Week 74)

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What I Did This Week (Week 74)

1/5/25

Writing to you from Uruguay.

Things are starting to pick up the pace with the new year and I’m slowing getting back into the groove of things. Although, it’s a different type of groove…more structured and purposeful.

As I said in the past few posts, much of what I did in between major events was purely out of some amount of curiosity.

The books I read, courses I took, and other extracurricular activities were not aimed at an intentional goal. However, that has changed.

I’m starting a brand new quarter with the start of this year (a quarter being a 3-month time period with a specific set of goals). My primary (or major) course/event for this quarter will be going to Chile in early February to complete a 16-day sailing course which, as I am told, will turn me into a competent crew member.

To make everything cohesive, the books I’m reading and courses I’ll be taking this quarter are all centered around sailing/maritime history/voyages.

Immersing myself into…