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Shelter in Place – month 1

By Bay Native on April 12, 2020November 16, 2020

I didn’t even post a blog last month.  Everyone in the world knows by now, that March 2020 was a whirlwind of a month for some countries, including the US.  By the second week of March I was already thinking about a work from home schedule for my team due to the increasing cases of

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Gratitude and a Choice

By Bay Native on February 19, 2020November 18, 2020

As I take a look back over the past month, there’s a lot to reflect on.  Older generations crossing that rainbow bridge.  An acquaintance, close in age, succumbing to his battle with cancer.  The frequent reminder that life is too short.  Spend time with those close to you and/or who mean something to you. There

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Checkpoint 2020 Q1

By Bay Native on January 11, 2020January 12, 2020

If you haven’t guessed by now I’m an IT professional in Silicon Valley.  Hence, the name of the site.  “Being in tech” can usually equate to some sort of new technology, a consumer or enterprise product, or some sort of service.  Obviously not everything “tech” falls into those categories but for the sake of this

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Reflection 2019

By Bay Native on December 25, 2019

Since we’re nearing towards the end of 2019.  It’s time for some reflection and planning. What I usually use to help remember is my planner. I’ve personally used the passion planner for the last 3 or 4 years.  I even tried the full size one once, but shortly switched back to the small typical planner

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I was M.I.A

By Bay Native on October 27, 2019October 27, 2019

I know I was M.I.A but hey I’ve been busy living outside the spreadsheet and it gets busy.  Heck, I even wrote this blog post last week but have been traveling both for work and for pleasure.  I completely forgot to post it.  Anyway, busy, outside the spreadsheet and maybe even a little of the

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Mini Experiment

By Bay Native on August 19, 2019November 13, 2020

So I’ve just wrapped up a mini experiment week from working remotely in Hawaii.  Let me be clear, it wasn’t a vacation, or a typical weekend getaway.  The experiment was to work and live remotely. The goal was to go through my regular routine during my regular hours.  Although I was in a different timezone,

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A quick one

By Bay Native on August 6, 2019November 13, 2020

Random picture from Hawaii.  It’s not my place. How long have you been tracking your finances?  Before sites like mint, personal capital, and ynab came out,  I actually made my own private web application to track my finances.  That was 10 years ago.  Don’t get it twisted, it didn’t nearly have as many bells and

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The next three months

By Bay Native on July 21, 2019July 21, 2019

The next 3 months.  Here’s what’s on my agenda for the next three months.  You’re probably wondering why I’m writing about this and I’ll tell you.   If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.  -Benjamin Franklin   Hawaii In a little over a week is my daughter’s 21st birthday.   We’ll be celebrating

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Why Hawaii – part 2

By Bay Native on July 18, 2019November 13, 2020

Post High School to Happy place After High School one of my best friends got a scholarship to go play baseball for one of the colleges on Oahu.  After his first year of school there, he was back home for summer break.  He said he loved it out there and was never moving back home.

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Why Hawaii – part 1

By Bay Native on July 14, 2019July 18, 2019

So, Hawaii.  It’s one of my reasons.  A why.   It’s always been a dream of mine to live there someday and if you’ve been there you might’ve thought the same thing.  Your initial reaction might be… “Wow, Hawaii.  That’s cool but isn’t it expensive?” or “Why, Hawaii?”  I’ll tell you why. The first time

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