Sunday, January 17, 2016

2015 Review

Posted by portho at 13:32 Labels:
This is my summarised review of 2015, starting with a random selection of goals.

  • Blogging
    • 62 posts, down from 99 posts the year before
    • Most due to less baking and holidays
  • Car
    • Nothing again
    • I still don't need an expensive upgrade at the moment
    • When my car starts to become unreliable or expensive to repair I'll revisit this
  • Fitness
    • Bike
      • Instead I increased my running up to 5-6 days a week
      • That means I've had no time to think about cycling for the moment
    • Swimming
      • Similar to cycling, I only managed to swim occasionally (and poorly)
    • Triathlon
      • See both of the above, I think 2017 would actually be a better target right now
    • Weight
      • Really frustrating, just stuck in the low 70's with no change
  • Food
    • Baking
      • 13 new recipes, down from 37 the year before
      • This is a combination of running a bit low on new ideas and trying to eat healthier
    • Health
      • I've tried to be a little better with my food choices, but without a proper plan
        • A bit more fruit
        • Low sugar alternatives for things like soft drink and yoghurt
      • I think most of all I still need to avoid too much:
        • Chocolate croissant
        • White bread
      • And have more vegetables!
  • Holiday
    • One major holiday and about four smaller trips, so not bad
      • See below for more details
    • Only about four days of annual leave left at the end of the year
  • House
    • Didn't come up with any plan for this yet
    • I do want to live:
      • Close to good running tracks
      • Close to public transport
      • Close to work
    • Not sure if that means renting, buying an apartment, a unit or what
    • Can't be talking about it forever and doing nothing though
  • Minimal
    • This is the best name for the topic I could think of
    • I cleaned out a lot of old clothes and other junk donated to charity
    • Still got too many pairs of shoes and old computer parts hanging around
  • Money
    • Shares
      • I invested about two thirds of my savings in shares
      • I just made a profit on the value, but also got reasonable dividends
      • 2016 is not looking like a good year to build my wealth so far...
    • Superannuation
      • Went from 181,000 to 203,000 at the middle of January
      • That's pretty sad because I increased 28,000 the previous year
  • Music
    • Just went to a few concerts during the year
    • I haven't had much time for listening since I've been reading more instead
  • Passport
    • I still would like to get a UK passport but didn't get around to doing it
  • Reading
    • I think I got through about twenty books for the year
  • Running
    • Happy with my running for the year
    • But really frustrated by my current injuries
      • Pain every day
      • Could be out for months
  • Study
    • No certification for the year
    • I was meant to go on a three day AWS course but keep getting postponed
  • Work
    • Still happy for the moment, but don't want to continue doing the same thing for too long
    • The unemployment level is quite low right now, so might be a good time to change
      • I would still love to try working in the USA, not as sure about the UK


This is the condensed version of my monthly summaries:

  • Holidays
  • TV
    • Some of my favourite shows for the year:
      • Better Call Saul
      • Hard Knocks
      • Homeland
      • Ordinary Lies
      • Kart Life
      • The Amazing Race
      • The Short Game
      • The Walking Dead
  • Video Games
    • I hardly had any time for video games
      • PlayStation 3
        • Gran Turismo 6
      • Xbox 360
        • None
    • I purchased an Xbox One near the end of the year but haven't opened the box yet...

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