This is a little bit of a different episode since we've been on hiatus but I'm excited about the launch of Year 2! You can think of this as a Season 2 of HY$YD and I'll be documenting my continued journey of getting out of debt and investigating the habits that influence our decisions to save, get out of debt and live a healthy life - physically, emotionally and financially.

This episode is a little fast-paced as a lot happened since October. Buckle up and enjoy! Future episodes will have more structure and slower pacing ;)

Montage of October 2019 - April 2020

• October 30, 2019 
  • One year anniversary episode
• November and December 2019 
  • Holidays & heads down on work
• January 2020 
  • I accepted a new job (we'll talk about this more next episode!)
• February 2020 
  • I started my new job at Panty Drop
  • Chanelle and I went to the Dominican Republic (we'll also talk more about this later)
• March 2020 
  • March 8th we had a retreat for Reno Collective and we talked about our plans for renovations, our anniversary party, etc.
  • We started seeing the signs of the virus in other parts of the world over the next few days
  • Articles starting coming out about flattening the curve
  • Reno Collective decided to stop meetups and other large gatherings on March 12
  • 4 days later we announced we were closing our doors
  • "Non-essential" businesses have closed, restaurants are now only doing takeout or delivery, some have shut down completely
  • March 25th, The $2 trillion Stimulus was passed for pandemic unemployment, paycheck protection program (PPP) and funding for economic injury disaster loans (EIDL)
  • A couple of us at Reno Collective started researching DIY mask and PPE prototypes
• April 2020 
  • We are holding more online events than ever before
  • I'm working at my job and enjoying being able to focus on a single product and mission right now, especially given all that is happening
• April 14, 2020 
  • Date of this recording
  • Tomorrow would normally be the 2019 tax deadline, but that has been moved to July 15
  • After 4 weeks of shelter in place, "How You Spend Your Days" is more relevant than ever
  • There is SO MUCH to unpack in upcoming episodes
• Things I'm Enjoying 
  • Staying in with Emily & Kumail
  • Morning Brew email newsletter
  • Morning Brew's Business Casual Podcast 
  • This Week in Startups
  • Alton Brown has a Quarantine series on Youtube
  • The Daily Podcast from NYT
  • New York Times Coronavirus Briefing