Reviewing My Goals for 2015
Since it’s the end of the year, which means it’s time to check in on how I did with my 2015 goals!
| 2015 Goals | Achieved (Y/N) | Comments |
| Run two half marathons. | Y | BMO Vancouver & Montreal Rock’n’Roll. |
| Run a sub-2 hour half marathon | N | This, like gravy, is my Moby Dick. |
| Run 800 km | Y | 834.7 km, in fact. |
| Add 5 new medals to my collection | Y | Accomplished! |
| Complete the 100 pushup challenge | N | Didn’t even start trying it! Thought about it, but then had hand problems and then by the time my hand problems were fixed, I’d forgotten about it again. |
| Bring lunch to work more often than I buy lunch at work | Y | I tracked this all year and it turned out I brought lunch 53% of the time. I really think I could do a better job at this, so I think I’ll have to put in a more ambitious target for this for 2016. |
| Lose those last 5 lbs that I gained during my MBA | N | Gah, this is also my Moby Dick. I was trending in the right direction but then Drink-cember came along which, combined with No-running-vember and Sloth-cember, has caused me to start trending in the direction of Moby Dick. |
| Set up a new investment plan | Y | Done. |
| Write a will | Y | I did that yesterday. Kalev gave me a fill-in-the-blank will kit ((New business idea: Mad Libs-style will kit. It would be hilarious AND legally binding! (TM!) )) a billion years ago and I finally filled it in, mostly because I wanted to check this item off this list of goals! |
| Pay off 7.5% of my mortgage principal | Y | I actually paid off 18% of my principal this year. I used a combination of teaching money, textbook royalties, my tax return, and money I was able to save from my regular pay to do this. |
| Complete 15 items from my 101 list | Y | Done! |
| Apply for at least one research grant | Y | Back in November I said it would take a miracle for this to happen by the end of the year. As it turns out, a miracle happened – a great opportunity presented itself and I was able to get a grant in by the end of the year. Not at liberty to talk details, but I’m actually really excited by this project! |
| Make 15 new food or drink items that I’ve never made before | Y | I made 23! |
| Organize all my closets | Y | Done, though I did it so early in the year I probably should do it again! |
| Write 115 blog postings | Y | I published 118 blog postings in 2015! |
| Bonus goal: Read 15 books | Y | I read 18 books! |
That’s 13/16 or an epic 81%. This far exceeds any of my previous years (2015: 50%, 2013: 65%, 2012: 44.5%, and 2011 at 40%) ((This would probably be a lot more exciting if my year hadn’t had such a shitty ending, but beggars cannot be choosers.))
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81% is an A. Yay!
It’s an A- at any of the schools I’ve been at. But that’s OK – A- isn’t so bad!
Oh right. It’s an A-. I guess that’s acceptable… 😀