Review of 2017

As per subject title...

Priorities	Systems / Goals	Evaluation
No. 1: Mental and Spiritual Health	Meditate daily	Meditated about 2-3 times a week on average this year. Happy about this.
	Practise yoga daily	Practised yoga about 3 times per week for the first 3 quarters of this year. Frequency decreased to about 1-2 times per week in the last quarter due to increased training commitment.
	Find meaning in life	Still thinking about this. Finding meaning in life is an ongoing process, I believe. My thinking now is that life is inherently meaningless, but we can surely add meaning to it. Our time is finite so we should utilise our living moments wisely. “Life is a daring adventure, or nothing at all!”. I’ve done very “adventurous” activities in my youth and I did not regret doing them. I’ve been less adventourous ever since I started working. I’m determined to not let work get in the way of life.
No. 2: Physical Health	Get enough sleep (at least 7 hours a day)	Averaged about 7 hours of sleep per day. Ideally, it would be 8 hours.
	Eat healthily	Really proud of my generally low-carb diet this year! There’s room for improvement with respect to my sweet tooth though.
	Be active everyday	Picked up a new sport this year and have been training 3-4 times (1.5-2 hours each session) per week. My speed, strength and reflexes have improved tremendously and I’m feeling fitter and toner than ever!!! This is my top achievement this year!!!
	Go for a suitable full-body health screening	Did some basic health tests and also an ECG recently. Based on my family doctor’s advice, I will start going for full-body health screening once every 2 years from age 30 onwards.
No. 3: Relationships	Spend quality time with loved ones	Happy with my relationships with loved ones. Nothing I want to change in this regard J
No. 4: Career	Stay employed for most parts of the year	Employed for 11 months. Took 1 month off in between job-change.
	Find a higher-paying job with equally little stress and decent work-life balance	I secured a new job at a new organisation. “Lower” career status but higher pay and closer to home. Letting go of careerism is not an easy journey… but I’m getting there slowly but surely. Increasingly, I do not desire recognition, promotion or any career bells and whistles. I have determined this year that my job is a job, not a career. I arrive and leave on time, and do my job during office hours. It seems to me that work-life balance is all in the mind and one’s attitude towards work.
No. 5: Finances	Invest at least S$30k in equities by year-end	Achieved.
	Increase liquid networth by S$60k by year-end	I increased my liquid networth by S$56k this year, S$4k short of my target.
No. 6: Authenticity	Be more authentic (online and when interacting with others in real life)	I have been more authentic this year and feel really great about this. Reached out to a few like-minded bloggers online (shout-out to ERSG!). I have also distanced myself from "complainy-pants" friends this year. It really does wonders.
Other significant milestones and events this year: - Got engaged to loving partner of many years - Surpassed the basic retirement sum in my CPF OA and SA