2024 Personal Goals / 2023 In Review
January 01, 2024
Every year, I take the time to reflect on the previous year and set goals for the coming year!
2023 Review
Related post: goals for 2023
Future Me Will Thank Me
- Write for at least 30 minutes, once a week — I didn’t write as consistently as desired, but I did end up writing 8 blog posts this year that I’m pretty happy with
- Become intermediate in Japanese — I didn’t get back to Japanese, beyond a smattering of Wanikani and Duolingo reviews
- Create more!
- Work through at least one classic coding exercise
- Finish an Advent of Code challenge
- Build at least 2 physical objects
- Find flow twice a week — I built more space into my system for getting things done, but I did not fully achieve as much flow as I would have liked
Work/Life Integration
- Mindbody engineering is firing on all cylinders
- Spend a reasonable amount of time working - Not totally sustainable, but in a better place than at the beginning of the year
- Ensure the team is performing well (based on my performance review)
Consumption
- Clean out reading backlog — I read much less than I hoped to this year, though as a consequence, the backlog also didn’t grow.
- Watch 12 great movies
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Knives Out (arguable as a great movie; I liked some of Rian Johnson’s earlier work - like Brick - better)
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- The Wizard of Oz (rewatch)
- Spirited Away (rewatch)
- Network
- Sideways (rewatch)
- The Pajama Game
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (rewatch)
- Dune: Part One
- Inside Out (rewatch)
- LOTR: The Two Towers (rewatch)
- Read 5 classic books
- The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers
Physical
- Take 10 swim lessons
- Complete a mountain bike race — No, but I did mountain bike a ton
- Maintain blood pressure below 130/80 - 127/74
- Achieve great joint health — I didn’t do the prescribed, but I did have less joint pain in other ways
Home
- Complete 1 major house project — Ran network wiring and completed a bathroom remodel
- Transform the shop into a space of pride — The shop is much more functional than it has ever been. It’s not yet show-off worthy, but is now usable as a shop
- Cook twice a week — I generally took a dedicated meal every week and then also took another 1-2 meals during the week ad hoc. This was a great experience this year!
2024 Personal Goals
In February, I’m welcoming my second daughter into the world. I don’t know how having a second child will affect my free time, so setting year-long goals feels a bit ambitious. Instead, this year I’ll be trying to set and accomplish smaller monthly goals.
Update: See the progress here