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  • Goals for 2022

    Goals for 2022

    Here we go! 2022 a new year and new hope! Ok maybe not that dramatic but its a fun mental exercise to think about what I want to accomplish in the next 12 months. I did this last year and managed to meet a lot of them so maybe it will work this year too.

    In 2022 I want to exceed my biking mileage of 3,141 miles and go for 4000 miles. Thats an average of 333 miles a month, 77 miles a week, or 19 miles a day. This is a bike increase in mileage and will be a big goal to make.

    After returning my new bike, I opted for a rowing machine to keep my aerobic training going during the winter. My goal is to complete a Marathon in 2022. That is 42,194 meters. Besides finishing the distance I hope to complete it in under 4 hours.

    With a garage I should be able to get my woodworking hobby into full effect. I just need the price of wood to come down. My goal this year is to complete the Workshop projects from Weekend Woodworker and then get a coffee table and bookcase built for the house.

    Professionally I have some really big goals for 2022, but I cannot talk about them just yet.

    I want to do some big multiday bikepacking/touring trip but haven’t thought much more about it than that.

    I want to blog everyday and the 100 day challenge should give good motivation for starting the year off strong. After that I hope to keep using this as a type of workout but also push further into discussing personal and professional topics. I know if I was more organized about this site it would help encourage people to subscribe. That said, I already have a paying job and that is where most of my daily energy is focused.

  • 2021 Review

    2021 Review

    What a wild year. The sequel to 2020 ended up exceeding 2020 by a bit and it hasn’t slowed up as we head into 2022. The United States capitol building witnessed its largest physical attack since the War of 1812. The global pandemic of whatever COVID is now called continued to grow and mutate and keep on going.

    On the positive side a lot of good and great things happened in 2021. We built a house and moved in! Our jobs are going really well. The James Webb space telescope was launched after 20 years of development and avoiding pirates.

    On Jan 1 I wrote about my plans for the year. I hit a few and missed some others. I did not conquer the pull up, We did build a house. I did not quite achieve blogging everyday, but I did post in 10 of the 12 months! I only made two complete woodworking projects: a wall mounted lumber rack and some shelving for the garage. I exceeded my bike riding goal of 2600 miles with a total of 3141 miles! Finally I increased my volunteer time and effort with the Mancos Trails Group significantly.

    Overall I am really happy with how I did with my goals. The main one was the house and I think just completing that would have been more than enough to satisfy me. I am glad that I was able to get some of the other goals as that meant I was able to distract myself from that huge project. Building a house is a really big goal and I am happy that we don’t have to do it again.