highs
- Ross and i celebrated eight years together
- ky turned 2
- got rid of my travel anxiety. traveled alone outside of california multiple times.
- attended various tech and creator conferences (CES, sponsor games, config, craft + commerce, and more)
- joined the board of directors at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
- met over 100 strangers for dinner. established 5 meaningful & consistent friendships.
- went to my first music festival during LA pride. saw lizzo, kim pedras, and more.
- went on a summer vacation with my family to washington, dc
- visited family on the east coast multiple times throughout the year
lows
- got laid off from my youtube job on halloween
- ran out of money running visionaryPass
- lost my dad to parkinson's
- accumulated thousands of dollars of debt
professional
- multiple sources of income: appfind, ceos of tomorrow, bell ai fellowship, uber, caffeine
- hosted the visionaryPass Creators Conference 2025 with Doc Williams (The Creator’s AI Toolkit: How to Monetize Your Content from Day One & Generating Your First Dollar online as a Creator)
- joined Caffeine as an evangelist, teaching people how to make successful websites and apps with chat. for years, i was a creator making tech tutorials and now i'm on the other side, representing a brand i love and spearheading influencer marketing campaigns.
tech i'm looking forward to in 2026:
- hardware from OpenAI
- the rest of apple intelligence
- smart home / robotics tech from apple
- foldable iphone?
- consumers learning and adopting agents as they go mainstream
- physical ai (robots that do our dishes and chores)
- updates to meta ray-ban display. what does the team from limitless create at meta?
- self-writing tech
goals for 2026:
- give away at least 3% of my income to non-profits and social impact orgs
- ship a new Caffeine project weekly
- create more smiles than frowns
wishing you a happy new year and a fulfilling 2026.
all the best,
justin
📸 i captured photos of my life for 52 weeks in 2025. i love documenting and reflecting. memories are the best!
