Year 3 crept up on me😲: Celebrating my third year on DEV🎊

Okay, I'm starting to believe a year isn't actually up to 12 months anymore. Or does time simply just move much faster for me 🤔😅

Well folks, it's been 365 days already, and it's that time of the year again, when I celebrate being a member of this AMAZING platform, clocking 3 years today😊🎇🎇.

This year came around so fast for me. I didn't realize the 23rd of July had slowly crept up the calendar and almost snuck past. I have been so tied up with a lot of work that I completely forgot I had to create my anniversary post. That would have been horrific, and would have broken a tradition I have grown to love😊. But thankfully, I realized what today was just in time😮‍💨😅.

Well, for the past year, some things have changed, and some haven't. Okay, let's start with the things that have changed:

• Landed a Job: Within the past year, I was able to land my first full-time job as a Frontend developer at an amazing company. This was a big win for me, and I was so excited. Working with my team has improved my coding and collaboration skills a lot.

• Won my first DEV Challenge: In my last anniversary post, I'd hoped to eventually win one of the challenges.

Ah, lest we forget the wonderful introduction of DEV challenges. I have participated in a few, but I am yet to win any😅. Here's to the hope of winning one before my next 365 update🍻.

Fast forward to today, guess what? I actually did🤭.

It was such an awesome experience for me, and I really appreciate the DEV team and the Bright Data team for hosting that challenge✨✨✨.

• I also participated for the first time in the Hacktoberfest event as a contributor. It was an amazing one.

• Dare I forget to mention the beautiful collection of awesome DEV badges that I have gone on to amass since my last anniversary post? Absolutely not😅. What can I say? I love badges.
  

Now here are some of the things that haven't changed, unfortunately 😩:

• Completed my portfolio: Oh, now this one is a tale as old as time. I don't know what it is, but I just never seem to be able to complete my web portfolio. I build, I break, I leave, I return (rinse and repeat). My brain is just never satisfied with whatever I build and always feel it's not good enough, and more could be done. The turmoils of perfectionism😮‍💨 (it can be a hindrance to actual progress at times). Hopefully, I would have settled for one before my next update😅

• Publish Contents more often: Now this seems like a much bigger task with each passing day. I have a number of drafts, which I haven't been able to bring myself to complete and publish. Is it because I am too busy most time? probably, or is it because I am too lazy most times, now most definitely😩😂. I promise to change this before my next update as well🤞

Alright guys, that's a wrap for year 3, lest it gets too lengthy, here's to another awesome 365 days on DEV 🥂. See you again in the next one😊