{"id":1463,"date":"2024-07-08T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wayneaw.com\/?page_id=1463"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:03:01","slug":"what-im-up-to-now","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wayneaw.com\/?page_id=1463","title":{"rendered":"What I’m up to Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to my \u201cNow\u201d page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written from northern Chicagoland on a pleasant sunny summer day in early July 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what I\u2019m up to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marathon Training<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I’ll be running my first marathon at the California International Marathon (CIM) December 8, 2024! I just finished my aerobic base building plan and am “excited” to slowly increase the distance I can run and endurance. I also have the 2024 Lifetime Chicago Half Marathon in September that’s part of my training plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese Study<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been studying Japanese since returning from my first trip in April 2023. After a year of self study, I’d consider myself several levels up from beginner and just on the brink of immediate. My goal is to be conversational fluent and to be able to navigate life as tourist using Japanese without relying on English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Visualization Student<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

As someone who has created their fair share of mediocre charts, visualizations, and reports, I’m reading Stephen Few’s “Now You See It” to improve my ability to tell a story with data and visualize it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My \u201cNow<\/strong>\u201d page was inspired by the great, Derek Sivers. You can see what Derek is up to here<\/a>.<\/a> And you can learn about what a \u201cNow\u201d page can be here<\/a>.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Welcome to my \u201cNow\u201d page. Written from northern Chicagoland on a pleasant sunny summer day in early July 2024 Here\u2019s what I\u2019m up to: Marathon Training I’ll be running my first marathon at the California International Marathon (CIM) December 8, 2024! I just finished my aerobic base building plan and am “excited” to slowly increase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1463","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t