2018, A Year in Review. It’s been a crazy 2.5 years since I… | by Shirley Wu | Medium

It’s been a crazy 2.5 years since I quit my full-time job and started freelancing. The last two Decembers were so crazy (mostly because I had just finished projects I’m immensely proud of but were also very exhausting) that I didn’t have the time to really reflect before the new year started going. I’m slowly writing a post about everything I’ve learned so far about freelancing, and the way that it’s changed the way I think about my career and future. For now though, I just want to reflect on 2018 so that I can go forward with 2019. In late February, I set off to Tokyo for three months. I wasn’t sure what I wanted from the trip other then I just knew I needed to get away from all the tech-tech-tech in San Francisco for a bit. I also wanted to learn more about art and technology in Japan — and in particular, how they used technology as a medium for their art. I went to as many art exhibits as I could. I made friends with Misaki (whose work I deeply admire) and we went to media art exhib

It’s been a crazy 2.5 years since I quit my full-time job and started freelancing. The last two Decembers were so crazy (mostly because I had just finished projects I’m immensely proud of but were also very exhausting) that I didn’t have the time to really reflect before the new year started going. I’m slowly writing a post about everything I’ve learned so far about freelancing, and the way that it’s changed the way I think about my career and future. For now though, I just want to reflect on 2018 so that I can go forward with 2019. In late February, I set off to Tokyo for three months. I wasn