2023 gifted me 5 extra kgs, and despite my best efforts in 2024, I couldn’t shed them. The silver lining? At least it didn’t increase! 😅. Yeah, that is about my weight gaining. Over the past few years, I’ve been setting pull-up goals and missing them entirely. So, this year, I’ve decided to focus on chest press and squat goals — aiming for at least 20 kgs. I’m also thinking of setting a 390-minute sleep routine. Lately, I’ve been overindulging in sleep (450+ minutes on most days). I use two alarm timings, but they aren’t helping much, so I’m switching to a single-alarm system. I also plan to include some basic morning stretches.
Despite my poor eyesight, 2024 saw me continuing my long-standing tradition of binge-watching movies and Tamil serials. This year, I really enjoyed Oppenheimer, The Art of Flight, O2, Blink, and Ghoomer. This is perhaps lesser than the previous years. The Guns of Navarone, Laughing Bhudha, Level Cross were disappointing.
On the reading front, I managed to touch over 20 books this year. I started the year with Let’s Talk Money, which I highly recommend to Indian beginners exploring personal finance. While some books in between felt boring or confusing, Memory Man turned out to be an engaging novel. Letters to a Young Poet was an intriguing read, and I found Outrageous Fortunes quite thought-provoking. Before the Coffee Gets Cold was decent, but I decided to skip the rest of the series. Daniel Mitchell’s books, I’ve realized, aren’t for me. 😊 I’m also curious why Steve Jobs reread The Autobiography of a Yog — while it’s well-written, I didn’t find it particularly useful except for Kriya Yoga. Lastly, The Book Thief felt okay to me, I did watch the movie as well. The Greatest Show on Earth was good, but I couldn’t give it my full attention.
On the investment side (for the first time, apart from FDs), I ventured into Mutual Funds this year. Everything is in the red since the start. 😊 My friends keep telling me to wait it out, so I’ll do just that — even though the red is getting darker by the week. 😅
Expense tracking is becoming one of the toughest things for me :( I’ll try to update on this later.
Goals for 2025
- Read at least 12 books.
- Explore different tea spots in and around Chennai — to visit new places and Chennai is still new to me (I couldn’t get to this in 2024).
- Try micro-journaling.
- Deep-dive into Mutual Funds and shares.
- Go paperless — digitize as much as possible.
— — Here’s to a productive and exciting 2025! ✨ — —
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