A Brief Review of 2024
As you can see, I’ve only posted two Andrei Tarkovsky film reviews to this blog in all of 2024. That’s not to say I haven’t had things to write about; I’ve just been much busier than expected and this site has not exactly been a top priority.
The car listing company in Los Angeles I worked at for two years abruptly let me go from my sales job in February. After about two months of job hunting, I landed a role at an aerospace fastener distributor about 35 minutes from my house, which I continue to work for today. While I don’t make quite the same pay as with my previous employer, this company offers a much more direct path for growth within the industry, and overall feels like they honestly care about their workers’ success. I’m genuinely thankful I received an offer here, and with consistently hard work, I may (hopefully) see a promotion within six months. At that stage, I’ll be making considerably more than at my previous job, and while money isn’t everything, it’s admittedly been a financial struggle as the sole source of income for my young family.
Speaking of family, my son, Kai, is the smartest little boy I’ve ever seen. He’s 2-years-old (plus 3 months) and just yesterday he spontaneously counted to 15, unprompted and without error. Kai’s shown a keep interest in vehicles, the bigger the better, and loves his new bug adventure kit for catching insects in the backyard to examine with our magnifying glass. He’s got a hilarious sense of humor, his intelligence is nearly eclipsing my own, and every moment I get to spend with him is an absolute joy. I couldn’t love him more if I tried.
In other news, I’ve dramatically fallen off with writing long-form film reviews here, as well as taking the time to watch movies to begin with. Within the past two or three months, I’ve seen less than 10 movies, whereas earlier in the year and the year before it I was averaging a solid five or six per week. The time is just not there these days, and that’s okay. As much as I’d love to watch something I haven’t seen before bed, my sleep pattern was wildly inconsistent for a long time, with work that still needs to be done in that regard. It just makes no sense to sacrifice one third of my nightly rest for a movie anymore.
There’s a lot more that has happened this year in my life, and I’d write an entire book dedicated to my beautiful little boy if I had the time, but I’ll keep this post brief. Life isn’t half bad right now.