Timeline: Life Thoughts

Within the first few ideas of The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, which lecture I must highly recommend, I realized I have failed to acknowledge important achievements in my life. Not that I believe I am a high achiever, even less do I believe my personal timeline might be of interest to you. But I am currently lost on job hunting and career direction. Therefore, reading through my (a totally ordinary person’s) timeline you might find out that it is a great exercise to discover yourself.

• 1998, Born in Mexico City, Mexico. Parents age 26ish, low-middle class family, one older brother.

• 2006, Little sister was born. Family of 5.

• 2013, around 15, Started foreign language classes- Italian, French. Took on a Specialized-English Program for High School.

• 2016, 18, First trip to Canada on my own.

• 2017, 19, UNESCO CfP Scholarship to the US, coming back to Canada, trip to Italy, move to China.

• 2018, 20, First jobs (3) with agriculture, youth empowerment, education. Co-Director of UNESCO CfP 2018.

• 2019, 21, First time in Africa and Middle East for a Youth Conference- Ghana, Turkey. Recognition for Best International Student in China (100/80,000).

• 2021, 23 closer to 24, Research Trip to 14 countries -in order of visit (Italy, United States, Spain, Jordan, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France).

To the extent and the purpose of this exercise I have oversimplified what has taken me hours of thought and work. I have also failed to include some of the most important factors such as my family’s ceaseless support. But I am happy to share this with you because you can see that even when a timeline that does not include VC, CEO (yet), what is relevant to me can be impressive on its own. It at least helps me to know where I am going. So why not do it? Acknowledge your own achievements.