hindsight
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I’ve worked out less this year because I became preoccupied with one of my other major life goals, which also required a lot of physical and mental effort. So overall, I will consider that a win. Month Times exercised Jan 11 Feb 12 Mar 11 Apr 11 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 12 Aug 4
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I don’t have New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I set intentions at the start of every year. I write my intentions in my physical weekly planner and digital journal. In 2024, all but one of the intentions I wrote down has been realized. Specifics don’t matter, but three big things, which were not entirely in my
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This year has been great in terms of the number of times I was able to exercise. Month Times exercised Jan 11 Feb 12 Mar 8 Apr 7 May 14 Jun 12 Jul 13 Aug 14 Sep 12 Oct 14 Nov 7 Dec 13 Total 137
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I am already in the holiday mood but when I checked my workout log spreadsheet last week, I noticed I am three short of a round number. So this week I exercised as normal to end this year with 120 workouts. Otherwise I was planning to take a break! Some months this year I didn’t
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In 2022, I worked out 130 times using the same principle and tips I used in the prior years. I missed a lot of workouts, but I never cease to amaze by how small numbers add up over the year. Month Number of workouts Excuses for missed workouts Notes Jan 9 Skipped first week for holidays. Feb
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I exercised 142 times in 2021. When I took a count in July, I anticipated missing about 10 workouts through the remainder of the year, but I actually missed just one. At 3x per week, I was lucky enough to work out about 47 of 52 weeks. That makes 2021 yet another good year in
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Exercising is one of the foundational habits that I wanted to incorporate in my life. In 2014 I found a colleague who is passionate about personal training. He used to run exercise classes at my then workplace. He encouraged me to work out three times a week, became my accountability partner and have been since.
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2016 is by far the best year in my life. It has been fantastic in all the aspects of my life. I base this review on few important things I listed in my /now page.
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2015 is my best year ever in almost all areas of my life. I learned a few good ideas, built a great momentum for my goals, and continued my habit streaks. In October I put everything I have been up to in my /now page. This is the one of the best things I did
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2014 has been a great year for me with few exceptions. I did not have any grand resolutions to start with. I instead chose to intensify the tiny habits method I stumbled upon in 2013. As a self-reminder, I forked some markup on Codecademy and created a three point manifesto for myself. I think I