2021
I don't know what to say about the last year. I mean, I had a lot of new things in my life. (the most important being that I got married!) Apart from that, I got a new job at Gartner.
And since most of us were working WFH, I started spending time on my hobbies and interests.
In fact, I started questioning myself about my career in terms of where do I see myself in the next 5 years or what do I really want to do in my life (though I believe the answer to this question is a lifelong quest :p).
Well, the idea now is to focus on what I love to do and focus on that.
2020
What can I say about this year? I guess we all shared something in common this year i.e. sadness and tragedies mainly. Personally, for me, a few things were horrible in my life. But with every dark cloud comes a silver lining. And for me, that was my marriage. Okay, technically I got married in 2021, but I did get engaged this year.
Anyway, I tried a few things and failed at most of them once again :p
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Learn German (Tried but failed)
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Watched The Office (US Version) for the umpteenth time
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Worked on my Python skills (WIP) - I guess this will be a lifelong quest :p
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Changed my job
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Started focusing on improving my chess
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Read a few more books, and realized fiction may not be that bad of a choice for reading
2019
Well, this year my plan was to expand my skills in the domains in which I had "expertise" and learn some new skills along the way. Thus with that objective in my mind, the following were the goals for the year:
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Learn Advance Power BI and DAX (Completed)
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Learn SQL (WIP)
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Learn German (Tried but failed)
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Take my Python skills to "next level" (WIP)
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Explore new genres of books (Tried but failed)
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Start a blog (Started but did not continue through the year)
2018
At the start of this year, I made the following resolutions to be achieved:
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Learn Advance VBA (Completed)
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Learn Power BI (Completed)
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Take a course not related to my career (Tried but failed))
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Learn German (Did not complete)
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Start my personal website (Completed)
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Restart listening to podcasts (Completed)
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Start and maintain a passive source of income ( Tried but failed)
2017
The previous year I made the following resolutions some of which I was able to complete:
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Learn VBA (Completed )
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Read at least 52 books in the year (Completed, Read 80 books :p)
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Start a personal website (Did not complete)
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Improve my excel skills (Completed)