🐲 Rickshaw / Christin / Life in Weeks


My first ten years

0 in 1986
👶🏻 I enter the world. 1986 is the Year of the Tiger 🐯.
1 in 1987
2 in 1988
🇺🇸 George H. W. Bush wins the election.
3 in 1989
4 in 1990
5 in 1991
6 in 1992
🇺🇸 Bill Clinton wins the election.
7 in 1993
I struggled in Chinese school and couldn't keep up with rote memorization and the homework.
My parents decided I'm better off going to an international school.
I struggle to learn English instead.
8 in 1994
I am physically bullied in school and cry every day.
9 in 1995
We move to Indonesia.

My teens

10 in 1996
11 in 1997
My family escape from Indonesia because of the 1998 riots and anti-Chinese violence.
12 in 1998
13 in 1999
🖥️ Y2K (doesn't) happen.
🏫 I enroll in Garden International School. Happy times.
14 in 2000
🇺🇸 George W. Bush wins the election.
15 in 2001
🖤 September 11th happens.
🎓 I graduate from Garden International School.
16 in 2002
🎒 I go to Taylor's College.
🇮🇶 The Iraq War starts.
17 in 2003
🚚 I move to Los Angeles to go to the University of Southern California.
18 in 2004
🔬 I join Gundersen lab and learn how to do science.
19 in 2005
🎓 Graduate with a BS in Biological Sciences.
🔬 Co-author paper on quantum dots.

My 20s

20 in 2006
🎓 Immediately go back for more school. Start neuroscience graduate program at USC.
🔬 Co-author another paper on quantum dots.
🔬 Co-author paper on quantum dots and cancer imaging.
21 in 2007
📱 The first iPhone is released. Farhan got one and we oo'd and aah'd over it.
🏃 Run my first 5K (LA Firecracker run.)
22 in 2008
📉 Financial crisis caused by subprime meltdown.
🇺🇸 Obama wins the election.
23 in 2009
🏃 Run my first 10K (Nike Human Race.)
🔬 Co-author review paper on oligodendrocyte precursor cells.
🚚 I move to San Francisco because our lab moved to the University of California, San Francisco.
24 in 2010
🖤 Dark year.
25 in 2011
🎓 Graduate with a PhD in Neuroscience.
🧬 Start postdoc on human genetics, circadian rhythms and sleep.
🔬 Co-author paper on multiple sclerosis.
26 in 2012
🔬 Co-author paper on multiple sclerosis drug screening platform.
🔬 Co-author editorial on genetics and death hour.
🔬 Co-author review on genetics and sleep schedules. Continue love of puns.
🔬 Co-author review on multiple sclerosis.
🔬 Co-author protocol on multiple sclerosis drug screening platform.
27 in 2013
🔬 Co-author review on sleep and the immune system. Bad puns continue.
🔬 Co-author book chapter on circadian rhythms and genetics. Got a couple of book coupons from Cambridge Press.
🔬 Co-author article on research reproducibility crisis. Still proud of this one.
28 in 2014
💊 Start working at The Scienomics Group.
👭 Got married.
29 in 2015

My 30s

30 in 2016
🏋️ Join Flagship CrossFit.
💊 Start working at Fishawack Communications.
🇺🇸 Trump wins the election.
31 in 2017
🏋️ Join Fullgrip Barbell fam!
💊 Start working at Genentech.
32 in 2018
💻 I write in 750words.com that I want to start a Life In Weeks like Buster, but don't know how.
💻 Start to work for myself. 💻 I start the AI Programming in Python Nanodegree program at Udacity.
🧘🏻 Year of Contemplation and Mastery.
🎓 I complete the AI Programming in Python Nanodegree program at Udacity.
33 in 2019
🐲 Join Rickshaw. I find my people.
🏃 Run my first half-marathon (SF.)
🔥 Year of the Hearth. Start writing online again.
🎹 Start playing the piano again.
😷 Beginning of the New World (Coronavirus Era)
💊 I work at Natera for a bit
📓 Write my first Codex Vitae, Life In Weeks
34 in 2020
🇺🇸 Biden wins the election.
🧘🍵 Launched Honeyritual Tea
35 in 2021
✍️ Write of Passage Cohort 7
Launch Substack newsletter
✍️ The Writing Studio with Michael Dean
Become a ✍️ Write of Passage Cohort 9 editor
🃏 Join A Portfolio of Small Bets Community
🏋️ Place 2nd in NorCal powerlifting competition
36 in 2022
☸️ Attend weeklong retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Diana Clark
🐸 Launch Debug Your Meditation book
☸️ Attend weeklong retreat at Aloka Vihara
Become a ✍️ Write of Passage Cohort 9 mentor
☸️ Start Chaplaincy Program at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
Launch Kind Camp 🏕️ and coaching business
☸️ Attend weeklong retreat with Gil Fronsdal and Paul Haller
🏋️ Compete in Ladies of Iron Powerlifting Competition
37 in 2023
38 in 2024
39 in 2025

My 40s

40 in 2026
41 in 2027
42 in 2028
43 in 2029
44 in 2030
45 in 2031
46 in 2032
47 in 2033
48 in 2034
49 in 2035

My 50s

50 in 2036
51 in 2037
52 in 2038
53 in 2039
54 in 2040
55 in 2041
56 in 2042
57 in 2043
58 in 2044
59 in 2045

My 60s

60 in 2046
61 in 2047
62 in 2048
63 in 2049
64 in 2050
65 in 2051
66 in 2052
67 in 2053
68 in 2054
69 in 2055

My 70s

70 in 2056
71 in 2057
72 in 2058
73 in 2059
74 in 2060
75 in 2061
76 in 2062
77 in 2063
78 in 2064
79 in 2065

My 80s

80 in 2066
81 in 2067
82 in 2068
83 in 2069
84 in 2070
85 in 2071
86 in 2072
87 in 2073
88 in 2074
🌲 My life expectancy expiration date.
89 in 2075

My 90s

90 in 2076
91 in 2077
92 in 2078
93 in 2079
94 in 2080
95 in 2081
96 in 2082
97 in 2083
98 in 2084
99 in 2085

Endgame

100 in 2086
🏋️ Goal: Be the top powerlifter for my age group in my state.