Our 3 Biggest Accomplishments of 2022 (And Why We're Proud of Them)
2022 came with both exciting challenges and some pretty epic accomplishments. We worked hard this past year, both at making our travel adventures epic and succeeding at our day jobs. As we get older, we try to put more effort into recognizing and celebrating our accomplishments, and in this post we do just that with our three biggest accomplishments of 2022.
We skied the Matterhorn.
This adventure capped off a year-long journey into skiing[1].
Jerry remembered how to ski and, along the way, taught Meera. Even more impressive, we are still married (eleven months later, our ski instructor said, "I always tell people ski lessons are cheaper than couple's therapy.")
What makes this our biggest accomplishment of 2022 is that it started as a goal when we first visited Zermatt back in 2018. We looked at the Matterhorn and though, "We must go ski up there."
Four years later, we're there.
Technically, we took another ski trip to Salt Lake City afterward, but Zermatt was the pinnacle (ha) of our skiing year. ↩︎
Meera took a solo backpacking adventure.
In August, Meera spent three days totally disconnected from the world in the mountains of the San Isabel National Forest. We were both a bit nervous going into it, but she had more success than she had imagined. She was able to relax and reflect while executing what turned out to be a very challenging combination of elevation and distance.
Most importantly, Meera proved to herself that she could do this particular thing on her own.
Meera Day Towler
Both Hedgehogs were promoted.
Sadly, adventuring is not a full-time job. We have to pay for these trips somehow. And the way we choose to do that is through full-time jobs as robotics engineers.
This year, both Jerry and Meera were promoted 💪.
These title changes are accomplishments not in themselves, but because of what they represent: recognition by our peers and supervisors that our work is valuable to our coworkers, to our clients, and to the world.
In our most honest moments, we recognize that our jobs are in fact where we contribute to the world the most. We love the weekends and vacations and adventures and new movies and new food—but we spend more than 2,000 hours a year working. That means we need to ensure our work is valuable, and promotions affirm that we're making progress.
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