# highlights of 12021

* iterated and decided the format and tooling for my {wiki}, that became the compudanzas.net site
* had some {talks and workshops} related to compudanzas.
* taught several online groups of creative coding
* created the jardínBit website for my teaching notes and {tutorials}
* cooked almost every day, and kept preparing soy milk and brewing kombucha.
* managed to follow through the year using a paper-based calendar / organizer.
* regarding {running}: i trained 200 days, i ran my first marathon and my second official half marathon, and also broke my personal records for 1km and 2km.
* with laboratorio de escena en red: danced, did some livecoding, and some generative 3d modelling. also taught a couple of workshops on networked performance.
* had my first flight in almost 5 years.
* learned about uxn and wrote the {uxn tutorial}.
* taught the {intro to uxn programming} workshop.
* started a compost
* started learning to skateboard.
* collaborated with the {mu} tutorial.
* developed the beginnings of the {qiudanz technique} during a slomoco micro-residency.
* participated on {advent of code 2021} using awk.
* built the {tomatimer}.

and in general, i realized the importance of family and community; noticed that i really enjoy running, dancing and programming; and had a great time and a lot of inspiration being part of the merveilles community.

my word of the year, "simpleza" (related to simplicity, light-heartedness and laughter) was present all along at different levels. maybe not as much as i would have liked, but it gives me a nice baseline for the following years :)