Mid-year review of my goals for 2020

by Manuel Viera

At the beginning of 2020, I released a list of my goals for the next 365 days. And now, here's a middle year review of the 17 goals I set for this year.

  • Improve my English skills.
    On track: I started taking classes at a local English academy at the beginning of February. I also recovered my account at Babbel and started studying here too. At the end of April, I discovered 8Belts. So I started an eight-month course to improve my speaking fluency with them too.

  • Travel more.
    Failed: due to Covid-19, I'm not traveling this year.

  • Read at least 1 book a month.
    On track: I've already read 10 books this year.

  • Swim more kms than 2019.
    Failed: due to Covid-19, I stopped swimming. My last swim training was on the 9th of March, 2020.

  • Get back to bodyweight workouts.
    Behind target: due to Covid-19, I'm doing outdoor sports since I finished my personal lockdown. I'm trying to add this kind of workouts but I'm not being consistent weekly.

  • Join some obstacle races.
    Failed: due to Covid-19, all races were canceled. The one I joined was Spartan Virtual Race which was adapted to take part at home.

  • Learn French. Look for some classes.
    Failed: Postponed at least till next year.

  • Have more fun time (playing videogames, etc).
    On track: I'm playing one video game a month.

  • Reduce procrastination.
    On track: Working on it. I still procrastine but less than before. I'm tracking personal metrics to push myself do what I have to do.

  • Improve wellbeing & mental health.
    Behind target: I started doing meditation since March, but I reduced the number of sessions in June and July. I want to get back to it as a daily routine.

  • Start doing yoga 2 or 3 times a week.
    Behind target: I started practicing Yoga in March. I was motivated to do a Yoga session every day in the morning as part of my morning routine. But in June I decreased the number of sessions till zero in July. I want to recover it again as my morning or evening routine.

  • Help people.
    Behing target: I was thinking about doing volunteering. Instead of this, I donated money during the pandemic.

  • TheRoot: make a website and publish there my photos.
    Removed: I decided not put efforts on it.

  • Get back to blogging in this blog.
    Behind target: I migrated this blog from Hugo to Ghost again. And I'm starting blogging again, but not as much as I'd like.