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