{"id":18631,"date":"2026-08-19T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=18631"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:58:47","slug":"im-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/19\/im-38\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m 38"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is my birthday. Every year, for the last two decades, I\u2019ve used this opportunity to indulge in a personal post reflecting on my life and plans for the future.<\/p>\n

Two years out from my Foundations<\/a> project, I\u2019m happy that, for most of the areas I worked on, things have stayed relatively strong.<\/p>\n

I still exercise nearly every day. And while I didn\u2019t run a marathon this year, I did finish a race<\/a> going from sea level to the top of a local mountain (16 km, 1400 m of elevation gain). I\u2019ve also been fairly consistent with eating, sleep, reading and keeping up with friends. I\u2019ve had some backsliding on organization, but given my low starting point there, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it takes a few more attempts before that one sticks.<\/p>\n

The big project of the year was putting together the first session of my course, Everyday Energy<\/a>. This was a fun project to research. I\u2019ve always had a deep interest in the connections between motivation, productivity, health and well-being, so creating 75+ lessons for the course gave me an excuse to dive deep into a lot of topics I might have otherwise missed.<\/p>\n

My Plans for Next Year<\/h2>\n

The big learning project I have for next year is trying to create more (and better) videos for YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always enjoyed video content, especially on educational topics. Channels like 3Blue1Brown<\/a>, Veritasium<\/a> and World War Two<\/a> do amazing work that manages to be both entertaining and intellectually rigorous.\u2028\u2028 So far, my own commitment to creating videos has always been somewhat half-hearted. Video production is a lot more time-consuming than writing, and so I never committed myself to climbing the skill curve to make content I was really happy with. So, even though I\u2019ve had a YouTube channel<\/a> for over a decade, I\u2019ve been inconsistent as a video creator.<\/p>\n

However, the overall shift of the online ecosystem towards video makes me feel like the commitment to learning the medium and creating the videos that I\u2019d like to make this year is justified.<\/p>\n

You can check out two of the most recent videos I\u2019ve done here:<\/p>\n