We’re already finished with the first month of the year!
When the year began, I set myself with four goals I wanted to meet. Now that we’ve made it through January, let’s see how I’m doing:
Goal #1 – Read every day
It’s amazing how changing my focus has helped me read more. In previous years, I planned to read a book a week, 52 books in a year, but I never achieved that level. Last year, I barely made it past 20 books read.
In the month of January alone, I’ve read TWELVE.
- Rocket Fuel
- Astroball (Audiobook)
- WTF? What’s The Future And Why It’s Up To Us
- Children of Time
- We Stand On Guard (Graphic Novel)
- Attack On Titan, Volume 1 (Manga)
- Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom
- Literally The Book On Customer Success For MSPs
- The Tea Master And The Detective
- Day Of The Dead
- The Theory Of Everything (Audiobook)
- Exam Ref AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals, 3rd Edition
Goal #2 – Post to my website every day
I might be cheating a little, but this post will not only achieve this goal for January, but it will be my 34th straight day posting to Medi-Nerd. While some of these posts are simple, such as my Throwback Thursday photo posts, I’ve also written longer posts for book reviews and about my third goal, which we’ll talk about next.
Goal #3 – Minimize reliance on Big Tech
Mind you, I have a head start on this since I’ve moved some of my services, such as my email, away from companies like Google. While I’ve posted about changing my web browser to Firefox and my search engine to DuckDuckGo, I have plenty more to move and talk about.
Goal #4 – 2024 Winking Lizard World Tour of Beer
Once again, I am working my way to earning another tour jacket from Winking Lizard by drinking 100 unique beers on their tour during the calendar year. So far, however, I’ve only had two beers as I’ve only been to the Lizard once so far. Fortunately, I can buy bottles and cans of beer that are on the tour and take them home, so expect a report of a 6 pack purchase in the near future.
- Ace Pineapple Cider Pint Glass (120)
- Dogfish Head Citrus Squall Golden Ale Pint Glass (625)
Here’s to continuing my success in February!
