Seems like everyone has a “Year in Review,” or “2017 Wrap Up.” I am going to join the cliché train and talk about my trials and tribulations in 2017.

The Good

• I still have my health. ha ha. Actually things were not that bad.
• I have made several new friends in the new career paths and journeys I have joined.
• I actually accomplished some of my 2017 Goals this year. Maybe not everything, but it’s a start.
• I learned Sketch and feel pretty confident with it. But I want to practice it more and get stronger at using the program.
• Continue to grow online presence in Twitter. Do you want to follow me too? I would be honored.
• I did grow my UX network in Dallas. I’ve done a pretty good job, but I want to be more embedded in the UX community here.

The Bad

• Imposter syndrome will never leave me. No matter where I work, how much I learn, how successful or accomplished I might seem to be. I always feel like I am looking over my shoulder trying to fake everyone out.
• This could be good, but this is also bad. I started, but did not finish, “Design of Everyday Things.” So that has to be bumped to the 2018 to-do list.
• My new job has taken up a lot of my personal time where I should be devoting that time to advancing my career and learning more about UX, Service Design and Customer Experience.

The Ugly

• Working for a company who did not understand UX
• Having a narcissistic boss who thought it was appropriate to try to sabotage your career rather than helping me succeed.
• Changing 3 jobs in a year. Ouch! That can look really bad professionally, and I am stung by that potential perception. But the job changes were all for very good reasons, and I hope that things will settle down in 2018.