Alex de Pablos
Software engineering

Goals for 2022

Alex de Pablos Lopez5 min

This is the first time that I put myself in front of the blank screen to capture in the web my objectives for the year.

Perhaps you think that having public something so personal is unnecessary exhibitionism. You may be right.

But I have decided to do it because I think it can be a good way to force myself to do this exercise, which by the way, I consider important and beneficial.

Sometimes we need to stop, just to think, and try to see from a higher point of abstraction, if what we do on a day-to-day basis is aligned with what we really want to do.

2021 retrospective

Let’s look back! I will indicate with a ✅ if the objective has been met, with a ⚠️ if it has been so-so and with a ❌ if it has been a clear no.

✅ In terms of economics, the savings objective has been met.

✅ Take advantage of the training opportunity that Sngular offers us every year.

❌ Take courses to improve my vocabulary in English.

✅ I have launched this personal web.

❌ I have not taken the time to take advantage of the facilities that this country gives to create a company.

⚠️ Despite the Covid, we have been able to make quite a few trips, although perhaps 1 new site has not been reached per month, which was the initial goal.

✅ We were able to introduce Lúa to the whole family in Spain.

⚠️ I have made efforts to improve my personal organization, although I am not entirely satisfied with it and I think there is room for improvement in it.

❌ Living the USA is a domain that I bought with the idea of ​​creating a website to expose our experiences as immigrants in this country. It has not been…

⚠️ Although an investment strategy has been started, it has not been possible to automate as such, so we will give this objective as not achieved.

❌ We have not separated or created any savings product for Lúa.

❌ Learning to synthesize was another objective for 2021. I have not been able to do any courses or training in this regard.

⚠️ I have started meditating, but it’s a habit that I don’t have fully incorporated into my daily routine 100%. That is why I do not consider it achieved.

⚠️ Sports routine 3-5 days a week. In the final phase of the year, due to injuries above all, where I have not been able to fulfill it.

❌ I have not been able to incorporate any exercise to exercise memory into my routine.

Goals for 2022

For the new year I have grouped smaller objectives into large blocks of objectives, which would be:

  1. Savings

  2. Mens sana in corpore sana

  3. Enjoying life

  4. Personal growth

Within each of these blocks, I have added what I would like to accomplish.

Savings

It is one of the strengths that sustains our stay in this country. And as such it is part of one of the great objectives of the year.

  • Establish the % of money that will be saved from the source of income

  • Automate this% for the different savings or investment accounts

  • Each new investment should meet, on paper, what it should have a higher % return than the inflation value.

  • Savings tool for Lúa.

  • Find another source of income in addition to the main one.

Mens sana in corpore sana

Being aware of how touched I am on my knee, shoulder and in general … taking care of your health is also essential.

There are points that will be quite a challenge, such as accompanying my friend Dudi, even if it is ‘virtual’ in one of his marathon races.

  • Run a marathon.

  • Be able to do 20 strict pull-ups in a row.

  • Reach the end of the year in a range of 73-75 kg with a fat percentage of less than 15%.

  • Avoid eating processed sweets and drinking soft drinks and beers on weekdays.

  • Maintain intermittent fasting.

  • Have the 5-10 minute daily meditation routine fully incorporated into the day to day.

  • Exercise memory.

Enjoy the life

At the end of the day if this goal is achieved, the others almost do not matter. You only live once and we have come to enjoy everything possible.

  • Do not leave work beyond 17 more than 12 times a year.

  • Have the house furnished, at least to an acceptable level.

  • 12 known new places in the USA 1-2 trips to Spain.

  • Maintain contact with the family, no only with my parents and sister.

  • Maintain contact with friends. Video conferences, messages, audios, calls …

  • 1 activity alone with Diana away from home.

Personal growth

One point that must not be lost sight of is that of continuous improvement.

  • Take advantage of Sngular training for a certification.

  • Incorporate the daily routine of reading a book in English.

  • Course to learn to manage emotions.

  • Find regular blog writing.

  • Improve my English vocabulary. 5 new words or expressions a month.

  • Keep a diary in the One Day app.

  • Be more sustainable with the environment.

  • Course to learn to synthesize.

  • Improve in those little things … especially take care of my language in front of Lúa.