The Year Of Fitness: 2024 Goals & Accomplishments

Throughout the year, I like to jot down new things I’ve learned, read, watched and experienced to try and remember what each year entailed. I then summarize all of that in my annual goals and accomplishments posts.

The goal of these posts is not just to curate what I’ve been up to, but also to document how I’ve changed from one year to the next and how I’ve grown as a person. I also like to give each year a theme in retrospect. I’ve decided that 2024 has been The Year Of Fitness. Let’s jump into why πŸ™‚ . Continue reading “The Year Of Fitness: 2024 Goals & Accomplishments”

The Month Of Amsterdam: November 2024 Recap

Here I am recapping the second to last month of 2024 while my brain is still in 2023. I really need to get on top of this temporal confusion, but in the meantime let’s see what I got up to in November πŸ˜‰ .

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The Month Of Switzerland & Italy: October 2024 Recap

Time keeps rolling by at a breakneck speed and I continue to be shocked at how fast it flies by. I guess that means I’m having a lot of fun πŸ˜‰ .Β  So let’s see what I got up to in October!
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Here’s What Retirees Do All Day! (I Recorded What I Did Every Hour For 4 Years Of Retirement)

I’m back at it πŸ™‚ . Years ago I mentioned that I accidentally recorded everything I did in 1 hour increments for my whole first year of retirement. Originally this was because I was curious to see what I got up to with unlimited time, and later I found it so useful that I just kept doing it. Continue reading “Here’s What Retirees Do All Day! (I Recorded What I Did Every Hour For 4 Years Of Retirement)”

The Month Of Iceland: September 2024 Recap

This year is barreling by at the speed of light πŸ™‚ . It’s already October and we have only 1/4 of 2024 left. So let’s make the most of it and see what I was up to in September!

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Insight Timer: The Best Free Meditation App

So I’ve read a few books about meditation and thought that diving into it fully could be one of my goals for 2025. However, like running and even financial independence, my Partner roped me in πŸ™‚ . Instead of waiting for the fairly arbitrary start of the next year, I dove in and have been meditating almost every day for a few months now.

Previously in addition to reading those books, I’ve only dabbled in a weekly guided meditation that my 5th job (which I talk about in the post below) offered during the workday.

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Trainer Armour: How I Prevent Running Shoe Toe Holes

I’m currently on a break from running because I doubled my mileage and as a result, one of my knees wasn’t happy with me. So I’m resting, icing and doing all kinds of stretches and exercises that y’all recommended to get back in tip top shape.

However, I miss running πŸ™‚ . So today I thought it might be fun to talk about one of the things that have made my running a lot more enjoyable this last year. Continue reading “Trainer Armour: How I Prevent Running Shoe Toe Holes”

The Month Of Canada: August 2024 Recap

What do you mean 2024 is 2/3 over? Time is made up and I give up trying to understand it πŸ™‚ . So let’s see what I got up to in August 2024.

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