4 Years

I thought it’d be a fun exercise to look back on how far we’ve come!

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Year 1: 2021-2022

• SOY’s Day One: So You Wanna Be Prod launched on Instagram

• SOY website launched

• First reel published / first time speaking to a camera / video content

• Reached 100 followers on Instagram

• Reached 150 followers on Instagram

Year 2: 2022-2023

• First anniversary

• YouTube channel launched w/ Production & SG tutorials

• First SOY video published

• Created SOY’s official business card

• First time networking at a conference under SOY

• SOY LinkedIn page launched

• The Prod Recap newsletter launched

• Panelist in Women In Animation Vancouver for “Onboarding for the Win”

• Reached 300 followers on Instagram

• Reached 100 subscribers on YouTube

Year 3: 2023-2024

• Got married!

• Hiatus explained: part 1, part 2

• Welcomed our little one ❤

• Life updates

Year 4: 2024-2025

• SOY website revamped

• The Prod Word Bank 2.0 released, breakdown on YouTube

• Discord launched: The [PROD] Chat

• Reached 200 subs on YouTube

• First SOY Production Course launched on… (TBA)😉

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Wow, that was fun! This will be going in my Glimmer Jar for my future self to read whenever self-doubt takes over. There is silent beauty in looking back and celebrating milestones, big or small, and she should take pride on how far we’ve come.

“Clap for yourself. Even if no one else does.”

— unknown

…I hope I made the younger version of me very proud. :)