Saturday, March 25, 2017

2016 Review

Posted by portho at 19:24 Labels:
This is the 2016 summary at last, I'll try not to reference any 2017 events.

  • Blog
    • Only 29 updates for the year, down again from 62 the previous year
    • Having a holiday for two or three weeks would have helped to fill that gap
    • I need some topics other than monthly updates and the now occasional baking
  • Car
    • I used to talk about this always but left it off my 2016 plan
    • I would like a car with better acceleration, so far reliability has never been an issue
    • I do still update my short list sometimes as prices change
  • Fitness
    • Certainly not my best year all around
    • Bike
      • Become a low priority due to injuries
    • Running
      • I almost made 50 park runs by the end of 2016, including several new courses
      • I have a goal to finish top 10 at each event - except Albert Park perhaps
      • I mixed up my training with a few new courses for weekend running
      • No new personal bests for the year, no surprise there
      • I will have a separate post with more running facts for 2016
    • Swimming
      • A big failure that I hardly did any
    • Triathlon
      • Obviously not attempted given the above
    • Weight
      • Not helped by injuries, I seem to be stuck around 75 kilograms forever
      • I'm not sure if the gall bladder surgery has caused issues with weight loss or just bad eating
  • Holiday
    • Probably my biggest disappointment of the year due to two job changes erasing all plans
    • The short holidays I did have were:
  • Money
    • House
      • I didn't make a plan, but the ever increasing prices are certainly depressing
      • I need to think about a plan that includes:
        • Location - close to work
        • Location - good area for running
        • Price!
        • Size
    • Shares
      • I am enjoying investing in the market, despite having mixed success
      • I invested a bit more than I intended, about 80% of my available funds
      • I haven't been tracking long enough to know the change from year start to end
    • Super
      • Not an immediate concern, but my total increased by $34,000 or 16.7% to $237,000
      • At the moment the supposed goal is anywhere from one to two million!
  • Music
    • I don't think I even saw one band of the year, since they tour so rarely now
  • Reading
    • I already compile a list of all the books I finish but don't include the dates
    • I finished about 13 from occasional train reading, when not listening to sports podcasts
  • Study
    • Nothing for the year, seems to be a bit of a trend with these topics
    • With new work projects coming up I think I will have new subjects worth studying for now
  • TV
    • Some of my favourite shows for the year:
      • American Crime
      • Better Call Saul
      • Black Mirror Season 3
      • Blindspot
      • Making A Murderer
      • Murder In The First
      • Silicon Valley
      • Survivor
      • The Real World Road Rules Challenge
  • Video Games
    • The best games I played during the year:
      • PC
        • Quake: Episode 5 - Dimension Of The Past
        • Stardew Valley
      • Xbox 360
        • Forza Horizon 2
  • Work
    • I changed jobs twice in the year, when I'd only changed once in about 13 years before
    • I got a good pay increase after all the change, but lost all annual leave entitlements
    • The first job was a disaster but the second is much better so far

That's it for the year at last then. Now to do the 2017 goals.

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