2022

This was a surprising year, one I couldn’t have seen coming, but I say that with delight though. Maybe it’s because I haven’t been outside for the past 2 years and forgotten how busy, chaotic and fun life was or maybe this is just one of those special years. This might sound weird, but this has to be the first year that I was fully aware of. I know, sounds stupid, but let me explain. For me, years come and go, I never gave a second thought to the months passing and didn’t understand the fuss around “a revolution around the sun“. I still don’t, but I understand the value of a year, as an idea of progress, a time frame to look back on to remember the things accomplished and the things that changed.

Apart from the existential definition of a year that I just discovered, a lot of things happened this year, some good, some bad, you know how life goes by now. I had one of the best starts to this year, one that I would never forget, and one that I would like to keep private. As the days passed I experienced the last-quarantine* covid had to offer in January. This final quarantine was crucial as it was then, when I started reading financial books and decided to finally take my financial future into my own hands. I read 6 books and made a nice ordered list for those interested in getting started (read HERE). I also gained a lot of knowledge about this domain throughout the year while researching about investing and money in general which I intend on sharing more about on this blog.

As I want this post to be finite, I’ll run through a few more note-worthy things from my life that happened this year. This website you’re reading on right now, was also a big part of this year and I have explained why so in a separate post (read HERE). I started to learn and love cooking as a hobby. The truth is, I never liked and still don’t like eating that much, but cooking for some reason feels therapeutic, but more importantly the feeling you get when someone else enjoys your food is truly something special. I also made quite a few important realizations in my personal life which came out of nowhere but decided to stick around. I unfortunately lost a few best friends, which always sucks but I learned life has to move on. And finally, I got a much needed dose of dopamine which definitely shook some things around.

Going back to the definition of a year. I think I came to the realization as a product of my previous new year’s resolutions, them being to write a weekly journal and another daily journal called “Homework for life”, which was inspired by Matthew Dicks from his book Storyworthy. I think, looking back on these journals and remembering the highlights from each month made me realize how much happened this year. I can’t say the same for any of the previous years, as there will be one or two things from the entire year that I define the year by, but this year just seems more full, which I love. For this reason, I will definitely be continuing the journals for the next year.

I already have a good feeling about 2023. I know it won’t be all sunshine and rainbows, but I can feel the highs will be worth the lows. Apart from a few, I kept up all my previous year’s resolutions throughout the year, the few I couldn’t complete includes, reading 50 books, meditating daily and learning a new skill each month. For next year, I am going to continue all the previous ones, try to complete the ones I missed and add a few extra ones. Those few being, starting a SIP (Systematic Investment Plan), going out more and learning to do more things on my own, to name a few. Also I want my resolutions to be somewhat dynamic and change as the year goes on, which I think will be interesting. To end this long post, here is my 2022 year’s montage as promised in my previous year’s resolution, hope you guys like it.

Song – La thune – Angèle