Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023

Change of year reflections

Instead of New Years resolutions or even advice for the year as Ive done before. I thought this year I would reflect some on things I did that have served me well, things I would like to do more of, and things that maybe I should leave behind as much as possible.

What went well that I want to keep:

• Most things honestly went pretty well.
• Getting on the Peloton daily sometimes multiple times a day. Very convenient and easy to do.
• Getting a good amount of sleep 7-8 hours. Very helpful.
• Shutting my mouth. Both breathing through my nose (including mouth taping) and trying to listen more.
• Getting outside with the kiddos just to wander and let them play in the parks.
• Recording quick video clips for colleagues in Slack to share more context of a take than a text message will allow.
• Getting a high quality webcam that makes these videos better.
• Consistently encouraging family to wear high quality respirators (KF 94 for kiddos, N95 for me and KN95 for wife)
• Reading to the oldest every night and encouraging her to read more and more, reading to the youngest when she wants it too.
• Accepting a lot of how things are, and recognizing how they will change, with patience.
• Listening to good podcasts and audiobooks, reading a few good books of my own.
• Using items well past when most people would, replacing slowly not quickly.
• Evaluating if/when to take action to change something, if I can.
• Looking for efficient, affordable, simple as much has possible.
• Working to live, not living to work.
• Working from home.

Some intentions I’d like to do more of:

• More formal meditation practice. Id like to build a habit toward a daily brief practice for this.
• More routine food prep so there’s boiled eggs on hand for breakfast, quinoa and beans for lunches and dinners.
• More regular talks about money and money planning with wife.
• Writing more in my blog.
• More playing with AI.

Some things I would like to do less of:

• Twitter
• Re-watching television
• Worrying about things I cannot change
• Bringing sugar into the house
• Drinking alcohol