Mmmmm .. is this a fed ploy? 🤨🤔😂
Either way, it’s a fun excuse to reminisce about the highlights of 2024. Let's see...
This year was a solid one. My company’s top goalies had an incredible year—both were nominated to Team Canada for the Four Nations Faceoff, with one making the final roster. We’re confident they’ll both represent Canada at the upcoming Olympics. We've experienced them both winning the Stanley Cup. Gold at the Olympics would be the obvious next step.
My business partner and I had the honor of being invited to Korea to work with their national team goalies and rising youth players, last June. It was an unforgettable experience, and I can’t wait to go back next summer.
One of my favorite up-and-comers broke every franchise record for the Wenatchee Wild (WHL) and earned a full scholarship to a top NCAA D1 program. We’re incredibly proud of him. He’s worked relentlessly for this opportunity and truly deserves every bit of success. It’s been an honor to be part of his journey.
I’m also proud of a community goalie who, just a year ago, I would have considered soft and a complete pretender. This year, he’s undergone an incredible transformation. He’s now one of the hardest-working goalies I work with and a great leader to his younger peers. While he may never play pro hockey, I have no doubt he’ll be an exceptional person. Watching him grow into a young man has been deeply rewarding.
On the personal front, my wife and I have grown closer than ever this year. Our relationship is stronger, and we’ve both become better at understanding each other’s perspectives—her feelings and my thought process. It’s been a really meaningful evolution.
My mother moving in with us was a challenge—it wasn’t a smooth transition for either of us. But through the difficulties, we’ve grown closer, and for that, I’m grateful.
The passing of my nonna in the spring was the saddest moment of the year. However, planning her funeral and reconnecting with my family from Québec for the first time in over a decade brought about new perspectives and growth for me. While her passing was deeply sad, it reminded me of the importance of family. I’m forever grateful to her for what she gave me in life—and even in her passing.
On the professional side, I’ve been working on building a new company focused on online education for goalies. It’s been a huge undertaking but incredibly rewarding. Along the way, I’ve met some amazing, passionate people who excel at what they do. It’s been inspiring to collaborate with them.
I’ve also been writing a goalie development book that lays out the foundational theory of how I conceptualize the position. I’m thinking of sharing the first 30 draft pages on Nostr over the holidays. Interestingly, the layered approach I use to teach goaltending feels oddly similar to how Bitcoin operates.
So, that’s been my year—strengthening my relationships with my wife and family, developing the best goalies in the country and around the world, launching an online education company, writing a book, and other stuff.
Needless to say, Bitcoin and Nostr have been incredible partners in this journey. Bitcoin, for the reasons we all know. Nostr, because of the amazing people I've grown to appreciate being part of my life, even if we've never met IRL.
2024 was a good year. I look forward to 2025.