After finishing the DAND and the RDND, Udacity offered the possibility to become a mentor for future students of their programs.
I was hesitant at first because such commitment would occupy a lot of time. But the idea of giving back and helping out other students achieve their goals definitely won me over and I decided to start mentoring Udacity students on the React Nanodegree.
On top of that, I'll be wrapping up other "unfinished" projects of mine:
Finish both ES6 and JS30 Wes Bos courses that I started early this summer.
Read for once and for all Eloquent JavaScript — tried several times before, but never managed to commit until the end.
Reading
I want to maintain the healthy habit of reading a couple of books per month. My late 2018 picks will double down on a topic that has recently caught my attention: the intersection of physics and psychology.
A Brief History of Time and The Grand Design — I read these two a while ago (back in college actually...) and I hope that re-reading them will get me in a "quantum mood" to start with the psychology stuff.
Thinking Fast and Slow and The Undoing Project — I read the former a few years ago and it profoundly changed the way I approach decision making, period. Recently, a friend of mine told me about a Michael Lewis book that narrated the twisted relationship between Daniel and Amos. I couldn't resist the "temptation" so I'm going for both.
The War of Art and Man's Search For Meaning — Everybody keeps on recommending these two and now it is the time to go get them. Bonus: nicely aligned with the psychology theme.
Measure What Matters and 12 Rules For Life — Finally, not really the type of book I'd actively seek by myself, but these are Ironhack's Book Club picks for the month... so I have no choice.