2018 Goals

These are the 2018 goals, finally up to date.

• Blog
• Aiming for 50 again, don't have plans for many new topics
• And getting updates done on time!
• Car
• Just see how it goes, house is more important than a car for this year
• Not sure how many years I've been saying that now
• Fitness
• Bike
• Not sure what a good distance goal would be, particularly over winter, maybe 1000 kilometres to start with
• Just finding a way to include bike riding in my schedule would be a success
• Run
• Get a new PB for 5km and 10km
• Might already a bit behind trying to break the yearly distance record
• At least a couple of interstate or international events
• Go to 10 new parkruns, although they are starting to get further away
• Triathlon
• See how the bike goes first, a possibility for the 2018-19 season now at least
• Weight
• Get back to 70 kilograms during the year
• Food
• Might need to get a better diet than bread or fruit for dinner often
• Holiday
• Thinking about finally getting to do another mid-year trip to South East Asia
• Hawaii at the end of the year with a running event possibly
• House
• Hopefully this could be the year
• Prices not going up is the best hope at this stage
• Money
• Shares
• Get to 450 at least, maybe 500 if the market is stable
• Music
• Don't have much choice on this if nobody is touring
• 10 events would probably be a success
• Reading
• Being less tired would be a good start, then try to get through 10 books
• Sport
• Get Foxtel
• Possibly some AFL and NBL games
• Nothing really worth attending the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
• Study
• Ideally both AWS and Mule certification exams
• To Do List
• Items on my to do list sit around forever
• Need to get better at getting things done and not delaying
• Video Games
• Should finish Final Fantasy XIII-2, about two years after starting
• Get the Xbox One setup
• Buy a Nintendo Switch
• Work
• Don't expect any change for the year
• Getting promoted to the next job title seems unlikely given the current situation

2017 Review

This is the 2017 review at last, just earlier than last years.
I seem to have failed a lot more 2017 goals than I expected.

• Blog
• 38 posts was not far off the goal of 50
• Only had a short holiday report and the other regular posts
• Car
• Didn't have any issues or need major repairs, so still not a priority to replace it
• Fitness
• Bike
• Just got the bike in time, but didn't ride it
• Need to come up with some riding routes
• Run
• Came down with an injury in the first half of the year
• No personal bests, very close for 5km since the previous best was only 4.92km
• Happy to get back to decent times for 15km and half marathon at the end of the year
• About 1000 kilometres short of best distance for a year
• 2016 running review
• 2017 running review
• Triathlon
• No swimming or triathlon activities
• Weight
• Has been a big frustration, stuck at the same level all year regardless of exercise
• Food
• Decided that baking could wait until I improve fitness and weight
• Holiday
• Work kept getting extended, so missed out on a good mid year holiday
• March - Canberra
• May - Apollo Bay doesn't really count, and was injured too
• November - New Zealand
• December - NSW South Coast and Canberra
• House
• A minor slow down in prices, but Melbourne still increased the most!
• Was hoping for some interest rate increases to help, but it's getting further away
• Going on my usual luck, I'll buy a house just as prices fall
• Money
• Shares
• I did fairly well for the year, helped by a few exceptional results, finally a goal achieved
• Up about 70k for existing investments and added 80k more
• Started a small investment loan for about 20k
• Last three years: 92k, 190k, 360k
• Super
• Went from 240k to 280k
• Not a huge increase if charted out over the next 20 years or so
• Music
• Not many band tours, but 2018 is looking better so far
• March - Spoon
• May - Real Estate
• June - Crystal Castles
• December - Muse
• Reading
• Haven't been reading for a while now, usually tired on the train or listening to podcasts
• Study
• Went to an AWS training session, haven't taken the exam yet
• A failure to not have one certification for the year again
• TV
• Some favourite shows for the year:
• The Challenge
• The Leftovers
• Twin Peaks Season 3
• Utopia
• Video Games
• Not much to report, failed on my goal of unpacking the Xbox One
• PC - Alwa's Awakening - a fun indie game but not too challenging
• PC: River City Ransom Underground - disappointing
• Xbox 360 - Stuck on Final Fantaxy XII-2 for the whole year!
• Work
• Good to finally have a change to a new company
• Not so good having to take two weeks of at the end of the year
• Still have managed to have a little leave carried over to this year