My 2022 Year Review
2 min readMar 11, 2023
Where did I travel to this year?
- 53 days in, Essaouira, Morocco
- 88 days in Lille, France
- 3 days in Warsaw, Poland
Total: 144 days
Statistics
- Health — Gym workouts: 74x, Football: 8x, Cardio: 6x, Floats: 11x
- Creative — Articles Published: 13x, Emails Sent to Subscribers: 5x
- Skills — Books Read: 15x, Podcast Episodes: 28x
- Friends — Meetups: 1.82/Week
- Adventure — Movies watched: 5x
1. What movie genre would best describe the last year of my life?
- A man trying to find his home
2. What two or three major themes kept recurring?
- Releasing it will be best for me to drop football
- Trying to make things work in a country that isn’t for me
- Feeling sorry for myself due to lengthy recovery from surgery
3. What are the accomplishments I’m most proud of achieving?
- Completing Blue light course
- Getting a remote contract
4. What could I have done better this year?
- Could have been more active — this led to weight gain
- Could have taken more days OFF the PC
- Could have focused more on earning a greater income
- Could have avoided living in France
5. What was missing from my life this year that I could potentially implement into the next year?
- Being out of Europe for longer
- Better quality water/supplementation focused on deficiencies
- More cardio/general activity
- More days OFF technology
- Better computer/work setups
6. What major life lessons did I learn this year?
- France sucks/I’m not the greatest fan of the energy in London
- Remote work suits me best
- I need people around me to thrive
Summary
2022 was a year that wasn’t quiet as fantastical as 2021 but nonetheless there were some good developments. I was able to overcome my overzealous consumption of content on YouTube (ended up taking a long 4 month break at the end of the year); I made peace with the fact that gyms and football are no longer for me (running and home workouts suit me better); and I came to realise more of what works for me.