2023 Goals

Published: 2023-01-01

Intro

The year is 2023, and after the last couple of crazy years I am looking forward to hammering out a great year in 2023. This is my plan.

Family

Over the last few years, I have been making a concerted effort to spend quality time with my family. This year is no different and it's top of my priority list. These are the main items:

  • Dinner at resturant 1x per/month with my partner
  • Lunch 1x per/month with adult daughter
  • 1x family holiday
  • 2x boys (9/6 years) playing a sport
  • 30 minutes of outside play with my boys per day

House Renovations

Last year, we bought a house 🥳. It is 20+ years old and looking a bit dated, so this year we are looking to do some renovations to spruce it up a bit.

  • Add a Patio and Deck
  • Renovate Kitchen
  • Hardwood Floors throughout (except bathrooms)
  • Renovate 2x Bathrooms
  • Paint inside walls and roof
  • Tidy up Front Yard

I will be doing some of these myself, so it's going to be a pretty busy year. Hopefully we can get most of it done. It's very hard to get trades at the moment, so some of it might bleed into 2024.

Rust

Last year I started learning (and loving) Rust. This year, I will continue to dig deeper into the language. I feel like I have just scratced the surface but I am committed to getting more proficient. By the end the year I would like to be able to complete Crafting Interpreters in Rust

Certifications

After a hectic last couple of years, I am feel like I have the mental energy to study again. This year I will continue to persue cloud certifications in AWS and if I can get funding and support from my company, an Offensice Security certifcation. The list of certs I am targeting is:

  • AWS - Advanced Networking Speciality
  • AWS - Security Speciality
  • AWS - Solutions Architect Professional
  • OSCP - PEN200

Health and Fitness

Now that I have my pain cave setup it is much more convenient to get my workouts in. I am therfore setting some ambitious fitness goals this year.

  • Cycling - Average 200km/week
  • Stretching - 30 minutes/day
  • Flexibility - Do the splits
  • Body Fat - ~5%

Books

Reading (and listening) to non-technical books has been a really good mental stress break for me over the last few years. This year I will continue to target reading 25 non-technical books.

Outro

That's my plan. Time for me to start make it happen. Wishing you much success with your plans too ✌️