Two months into 2024 and my goal progress continues, though not at the same pace. Some goals have slowed down, while others have caught up, if not surpassed, their planned pace. Let’s take a look.
Goal #1 – Read every day
After my crazy reading pace in January, I’ve come back down to Earth here in February. While I’ve continued to get reading in every day of the month, the books I’ve read have been longer, so I only finished five books, bringing my total to seventeen for the year.
- The Universe in a Nutshell (Audiobook)
- Babel
- Beneath the Sugar Sky (Audiobook)
- Exam Red MS-900 Microsoft 365 Fundamentals, 2nd Edition
- Attack on Titan, Volume 2 (Graphic Novel)
Goal #2 – Post to my website every day
The streak continues. As of Thursday, I have posted for 62 consecutive days, including all of January (31) and February (29). With this post, the streak will reach 64.
Goal #3 – Minimize reliance on Big Tech
My focus in February was on my email, specifically getting more and more off of Gmail and onto the open source and privacy focused Proton Mail. It turns out there is also a Proton Mail app for Mac which, while currently in beta, is an excellent replacement for the built in Mail app, ensuring I am completely in the Proton environment, at least from an email standpoint.
Goal #4 – 2024 Winking Lizard World Tour of Beers
Unlike my reading pace, I’ve exceeded my beer tour pace thanks to purchasing a 6 pack and more regular weekly visits to the Lizard. I sit at 15 as of the end of February.
- Sam Smith Organic Chocolate Stout
- 3 Floyds Turbo Reaper IPA
- 3 Floyds Gumball Head Wheat Beer
- Abita Purple Haze Raspberry Lager
- Aspall Dry English Coffee
- Avery White Rascal Wheat Beer
- Ayinger Braiweisse Hefeweizen
- B. Nektar Kill All the Golfers Mead
- Abita Mardi Gras Maiboxk
- Abita Andygator Doppelbock
- Southern Tier Irish Cream Stout
- Fat Heads St. Fatty’s Red Ale
- Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Red Ale
