k. rodman mannix

2021 by the numbers: Review

2021-12-31

A lot happened this year, which maybe I’ll write about at some point. Due to that, I didn’t hit as many goals as I would’ve liked; I think I will modify my approach somewhat heading into 2022. That’s a positive takeaway: my failure to hit my 2021 target for goal completion has encouraged me to reevaluate and readjust my approach for 2022.

Some possible adjustments:

• quarter-based goals
• better measurements (for example, I forgot to track a decent amount of writing & side project time)

• be more realistic :)

• Fitness
  • Run 500 miles
  • Run a half-marathon
    • Do an overnight cycling trip
    • Complete 200 consecutive pushups
  • Reach 155 lbs
• Learning
  • Read 27 books
  • Watch 15 movies
  • Listen to 60 albums
  • Reach a streak of 150 days on Duolingo
  • Start and maintain “tech guide”
  • Complete Functional Programming in Scala
  • Complete Learning the bash Shell
  • Get AWS Developer certification
• Improving
  • 5 toastmasters speeches (I got to 0)
  • Write for 3,120 minutes (I got to 995)
  • Write 36 blog posts (I got to 17)
  • Improve my touch typing from 222 to 280 CPM (characters per minute) (I got to 365!)
• Interests
  • Make 52 batches of ice cream (I got to 12)
  • Spend 7,300 minutes on side projects (I got to 2,735)
  • Submit at least 1 crossword to the NYT crossword (I never completed my attempt…but I did attempt!)
  • 1600 peak score on lichess
• Personal
  • At least 40 hours of community service
  • At least 31 days without alcohol
  • At least 30 days without Twitter