Before year 2023 turn into history, let me reflect and share on the 10 things I experienced for the first time over the past 12 months.

1. Job

Since I changed job for the very first time in my career during the pandemic in 2021, I transited from a technical role to a technical management role in IT. This year, I was redesignated back to a leading technical role as my organisation recognised the need to strengthen internal cloud engineering capabilities instead of heavy reliance on vendors. Our jobs yield the greatest dividends from trading our time to produce work for our employer. Our remuneration usually is a measure of the perceived intrinsic value of our investment in own education, knowledge and gaining of past experiences. I am glad that my monthly income exceeded S$9k to hit a new high in my career.

2. Fitness and Health

I adopted an agile and flexible approach towards improving my fitness instead of having a rigid...