After a tumultuous start to the year, I have consciously made an effort to slow down, take a moment to reflect on all the recent life shifts, and embrace this new chapter.
Although there is no shortage of work finishing the home renovation - nurturing the landscape, mounting window coverings, assembling furniture - it's been a much more comfortable routine for the wife, pup, and I after a pretty debilitating process that started over a year ago. Looking around, it feels good to finally be in the house when it's not dark, cold, or dusty!
I've been able to refocus on my career at Disney Animation, where the past two years are finally beginning to culminate into a new space partnering technology and production in innovating our future workflow. With a growing audience in the upcoming launch of the Disney+ streaming platform, the need to evolve animation production techniques for content creation is where I plan to focus my future efforts.
I played a small role in this holiday's film "Frozen 2" (November 22), but am now pursuing a job that has never existed before. The process of defining my role has been slow given the studio's continuing leadership overhaul, but am optimistic despite how hard it has been to maintain career advocates among the turnover.
Nonetheless, Connie and I's freshly established Sherman Oaks nest will host her family for Thanksgiving, followed by a December trip overseas to visit my family in Taiwan. We look forward to welcoming my brother Peter & Rica's daughter (my fourth nibling) later this month, and are wedding planning for Spring 2020.
Warms Hugs,
-Mike
