With a pounding head (I've got some sort of nasty cold with a temperature and headache), it's time to look at my year... I set up a bunch of stuff to do, let's see what I wanted to achieve...
Family - Win
- Arrange weekend activities to do with Felix as he's old enough to do cool stuff (we have a list now)
- Buy a tag along bike extension (spring)
- Ride to Aldermaston with the tag along (spring)
- Scotland Holiday (summer, not confirmed yet, need to talk to some peeps)
We did the Natural History museum, Oxford and a camping trip etc. We didn't get to LEGO Land because we felt he was still too young. That's bounced over to next year.
Done! He's still just a bit small for it.
Money fucked this one, my teeth needing a lot of work. Managed to blag a cheapo family camping trip.
Chums - Fail
Started well seeing people but failed on the others. Balls.
- See chums once a week, every week even if we're not roleplaying
- Organise at least one party
- Organise a camping trip
Writing
I was on track before I started studying for my application to the Big G. I feel like I succeeded in this one.
- Get Icar into print on demand (this is more about reminding/coaxing proof readers rather than a lot of writing)
- Finish Icar novel
- Finish Icar fleet setting (30%)
- Write at least 200 words a day
- Do NaNoWriMo (November)
- Back to weekly blogging on FRPGB
- Read 4 books
Failed on the that one. Mrs has not been able to proof read nearly fast enough.
I am at 73K words and 2/3 through, which will make a 70k novel in the end.
Nope. Done a lot of rendering, though. Now at 50%.
Done! Game of Thrones, The Odyssey, Catch 22, Life of Pie
Technical - Win
Done for all of these. I was ready to buy a Rift but it became obvious that it wasn't going to be around for a while.
- Update lack of to drupal v7, 50% complete
- Get Harness refactored and have more blocks
- Save up for Occulus Rift
Gaming - Win
Done these. The Vertical Slum is still going upwards but I've not started anything. The UberStore is done.
- Complete all outstanding MC projects, not start new ones
- Put in a regular show at Planetside 2 (it's a much better game now)
Finance
Done both of these... although work on my teeth means that it will take a few more months to finally kill off the overdraft.
- Clear rest of debt (should be doable with current budget)
- Secure pay rise and (hopefully) promotion
Fitness
Fail.
- Buy a weighing scales
- Find ideal target weight
- Adjust diet to get to target weight
- Start running, aiming to do Reading half in 2015
Roleplaying
I ran Icar for most of the year, stopping only to apply to the Big G. I've not done the others due to the time they take.
- Run Icar regularly
- Have regular web chats with free RPG authors
- Run an RPG over Google Hangouts
Things I didn't account for
A few of my teeth fell apart, so they needed to be rebuilt. I applied to the Big G, which has been an eye opener. That put a lot of things on the back burner but has been fun too.
Next year? That's another post.