2018 Review

This is the 2018 review, really just a quick summary.
A bit sooner than March last year, actually had it done a couple of weeks ago.

• Blog (80%)
• 41 posts
• Not much more than holiday and monthly reports
• Increased from the previous 2 years but missed 50
• Car (0%)
• Actually had to drive to work for the first time, but not very far
• Still haven't had any major issues with the car, just getting old
• Fitness (30%)
• Bike (0%)
• Still have no strategy for how to include cycling alongside running
• Run (60%)
• No major injuries was the best result
• The smaller goals were:
• Made new PB for 5 kilometres
• Missed new PB for 10 kilometres but not far off
• Missed total distance, 3065 kilometres was just 50 kilometres short!
• 2 new events in Singapore and Townsville
• 10 new parkruns exactly, will be hard to match
• 2018 running review
• Triathlon (0%)
• No cycling or swimming
• Weight (10%)
• Went nowhere all year
• Follows a pattern each week and then ends up at the same place
• Food (0%)
• No major changes to diet, probably too much bread
• Holiday (30%)
• Neither of the previously planned trips to Hawaii and SE Asia
• Not much adventure, but saved up a bit of extra leave for 2019 at least
• 10 days in Malaysia and Singapore
• 5 days in Townsville
• 4 days in Canberra and NSW
• House (0%)
• No change, but prices finally starting to move in the right direction
• Money (10%)
• Shares
• Lost money
• Goals were ambitious but on target near the middle of the year
• My total is up $7000 but only because I invested much more than that
• Super
• Made a depressing $8000 gain
• Music (75%)
• 7 events not a bad result given the options:
• January - Foo Fighters + Weezer
• February - Grouplove
• March - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• March - Grizzly Bear
• July - Franz Ferdinand + MGMT
• September - Wolf Alice
• December - The Grates
• Reading (0%)
• Less opportunity when driving to work
• Haven't read a book in more than a year
• Sport (50%)
• Got Foxtel, don't watch heaps but useful for recording some things
• Went to just a few AFL games but the grand final was worth it
• Went to NBL Melbourne vs Sydney in both states, Sydney lost both times
• Study (100%)
• Passed 3 exams easily
• To Do List (25%)
• Just a whole bunch of things I rarely get around to doing, need a better process or target dates
• TV
• Not a goal but I usually list some of my favourites for the year:
• Black Mirror
• Fear The Walking Dead
• Survivor
• The Challenge
• Video games (20%)
• Only planned to finish one game, not much of a goal
• Finished Final Fantasy XII-2 at last, not bad once I got to spend regular time on it
• Finished Bioshock Infinite also
• Got a Nintendo Switch but not set up, same as Xbox One
• Work (50%)
• Happy enough with the work but no good situations for career progress