From designing systems to redesigning myself

👋 Hello, I'm Jalyn! After 15 years of designing products for others, I realized I’d neglected the most important product: my own life.

Now, I'm applying those same principles — but this time, I'm building the full stack from the inside out.

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Year in review: 2024

I’d started writing this on the first day of the new year, as has been my tradition since 2020.

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Year in review: 2024

I’d started writing this on the first day of the new year, as has been my tradition since 2020.

6 minute read

Year in review: 2024

I’d started writing this on the first day of the new year, as has been my tradition since 2020.

6 minute read

Challenge creates change

For years, I found comfort in the structure of a job — good performance and network building made for predictability, a sense of security, and an upward trajectory of what I thought I should be focusing on.

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Challenge creates change

For years, I found comfort in the structure of a job — good performance and network building made for predictability, a sense of security, and an upward trajectory of what I thought I should be focusing on.

2 minute read

Challenge creates change

For years, I found comfort in the structure of a job — good performance and network building made for predictability, a sense of security, and an upward trajectory of what I thought I should be focusing on.

2 minute read

Motion, not action

It’s easy to get caught up with doing things. The dopamine hits make us feel accomplished, as if we have achieved our goal.

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Motion, not action

It’s easy to get caught up with doing things. The dopamine hits make us feel accomplished, as if we have achieved our goal.

2 minute read

Motion, not action

It’s easy to get caught up with doing things. The dopamine hits make us feel accomplished, as if we have achieved our goal.

2 minute read

Travel, and what it's for

We’re told that travel is for escaping; exploration. To find ourselves; for change. In recent years, my travels have been comfortable. Predictable, safe; filled with activities I knew I like.

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Travel, and what it's for

We’re told that travel is for escaping; exploration. To find ourselves; for change. In recent years, my travels have been comfortable. Predictable, safe; filled with activities I knew I like.

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Travel, and what it's for

We’re told that travel is for escaping; exploration. To find ourselves; for change. In recent years, my travels have been comfortable. Predictable, safe; filled with activities I knew I like.

2 minute read

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