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Life

I'm back to Brazil after 7 years in the bay area and taking a somewhat forced (sabbatical?!) break from product design (thanks to the fun twists of immigration and visas). TLDR: work visa expired without an option to renew and my green card process got stuck, partially because of Meta immigration issues and partially due to covid delays and tech layoffs.

Managing architecture projects and contractors on a 3-month(ish) apartment renovation. It's a two-story apartment and most of the noise happens on the 2nd floor. Still very disrupting to my family's routine—I've been dreaming about drilling sounds!

Adding more rigor to my health. Since 2021 I managed to establish and maintain an exercise routine. In 2025 (and as I'm getting older) I decided to go back to a more strict strength workout routine and I finally feel like I found a routine that is a good fit for my skinny body and that I enjoy (or at least don't actively hate).

Making

Wrapped up the continuation of my Ambient Exploration series (Ambiens, Vol II.) with Supervised and starting to plan for Vol III. It feels surreal that I managed to perform and record 100 of these over the past three years. Probably around 6ish hours of music if I put it all together.

Putting this site up (lots of work!), writing summaries of past projects I worked on. Thinking about what's next for my career, and so on... (hard adult stuff, right?). The blank page of not working and career possibilities feels both freeing and terrifying.

Ideating on some ideas for evolving my metronome app with more utility and ways of tracking progress, based on last two years of using it and taking notes on ideas for what's next.

Learning

How to be a better father and not overreact to every inconvenience a child offers on a day-to-day basis (hint: it's hard and years of meditation didn't help much). The gap between knowing how to respond and actually responding that way in the moment remains frustratingly wide.

Focusing more on guitar improvisation. At a point where technique, scales and chords are becoming natural and I just need to spend quality time (1-2 hours a day!?) practicing for a few more years (yes, it takes ages for me to become confident at something, perks of an introvert soul).

Updated on April 10th, from my home in Rio de Janeiro.
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