2025 (migrated post)
In 2024, a lot of good things happened in my life. Reflecting on my goals from 2022 and 2023, I’m proud to say I’ve accomplished most of my work-related objectives. That doesn’t mean it’s time to settle or get too comfortable, though. While I value leisure and downtime, the grind isn’t stopping anytime soon.
In 2025, I want to explore new hobbies and revive some old, healthy habits. My wife and I also plan to tackle some long-term financial decisions, like purchasing a car and a house, as well as reevaluating whether traveling twice a year still fits into our future plans.
Looking ahead, I’m especially determined to grow as a tech leader. My focus is on improving my leadership skills, finding effective ways to guide my team, and making meaningful contributions to the company not just through better code, but by suggesting ideas and driving value in other areas.
Goals for 2025 - Finished
[X] Read more than twenty-five books
This includes programming, leadership, and fiction genres.
[ ] Maintain a healthy diet and life style
No need to explain.
One more year where I failed this goal. It seems that I really hate exercise.
[ ] Publish one Gem at ruby gems website
I never had this in mind, but in 2023, I started the development of one Gem, and I intend to finish it and publish in 2024.
[ ] Start a sideproject and finish it
Like the Ruby Gem goal, I feel like I'm getting pushed out of the new stuff in the Rails ecosystem. I believe that is important to me to be up-to-date with the tech and tools available. In the end, I am just thinking of creating a small application with it.
[X] Travel
at leastonceNo need to explain.
[X] Publish
at leastfive blog postsI want to write more this year. I believe I have valuable tips and project-related experiences worth sharing, and blogging is a great way to document and contribute. I also need to improve my English writing vocabulary.
I guess paying for bear blog (as a compromise), not having to worry about hosting my own website and it's dependencies really paid off. I could have written more, but I'm still satisfied.
[X] Try different activies outside the programming/tech bubble
I did try a few such: drawing, tourism (yes, it is an activity in my books), going out more and knowing more places, restaurant, the culture of the cities and so on.
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- 2025-09-03: formatting