That's a wrap 2015

As the year draws to a close it's a good time to reflect on my goals for 2015, how I did and what my 2016 goals shall be. I am someone that likes to have plans and targets to hit in my daily life so this is an important part of my life to ensure I am tracking in the right direction.

My 2015 goals were as follows:

1. Be a more positive, happier, friendlier, loving and extraverted person.

I felt this goal wasn't completely fulfilled, whilst overall I feel like I've improved there are many things that I am still struggling with (most notably being extraverted) and I wish to take this new years resolution into 2016.

2. Obtain Chartered Engineering Accreditation and RPEQ Qualification

This was my proudest moment in my career so far, I have completed this resolution and am now a Chartered Engineering Professional and RPEQ qualified as well. The next step now is to ensure my work standard improves continuously so I can raise my level of work quality.

3. Bench 100kg, Squat 150kg and Dead Lift 180kg

This resolution was unable to be completed, in the first month of the year I damaged a disc in my back performing dead lifts and was never really able to get back into the form for dead lifting. Despite my best efforts, I was only managed to reach 85kg Bench, 130 kg Squat and a body weight Dead lift purely to save my back discs from further injury. I am unsure whether I will continue this goal in 2016 at this stage.

4. Race an Enduro Race

I completed this in a different format of a non gravity enduro race but still an enduro mountain bike race which was nice to do. My weaknesses in fitness on the mountain bike were found out and I am looking forward to improving it in 2016.

Now for the important stuff, I have related the following goals to my overall life goals which I wrote about here. My 2016 goals are as follows:

Personal Development Goals

1. Develop the following character traits - open, honest, friendly, happy, extraverted, confident, successful, respected. I will do this by engaging in group conversation, being honest, maintaining a stable personality, spending each morning smiling 5 times in the mirror, becoming interested in everyones day no matter how boring it may seem;
2. Cement important relationship and isolate myself from any negative relationships. I will do this by focussing on the relationships that I consider the most important and ensuring I dedicate the most amount of time to them (80/20 principle);
3. Learn to build a business as my passion. Be on the look out for exciting opportunities and pursuing them as hard as possible when you find them. In 2015 I discovered Thai Ice Cream rolls as a success in New York City and it has recently started a trend in Melbourne which I wish I capitalised on;
4. Become aware of the Brisbane real estate market. Continue to read Michael yardley daily commentary;
5. Blog 3-5 times weekly on health and fitness, Brisbane real estate and my own investing journey. Dedicate time during the week for an hour time slots to blog and share information;
6. Improve cardiovascular fitness by riding 1500 km total for the year. Road ride to work once a week (minimum 40km) and ride Cross Country on mountain bike minimum every fortnight;
7. Improve strength fitness by going to gym 3 times a week. Increase bench press to 100kg and squat to 200kg; and
8. Maintain 85kg body weight and much lower body fat (scan to be completed in January). Get a body composition scan in January and reduce by fat by 5-10% depending on results.

Career, Business and Financial Goals

1. Improve quality of work deliverables. Slow down work process and focus on the details to ensure silly mistakes are eliminated:
2. Explore the opportunity to change jobs. Continue to scour seek.com.au for Structural Engineering jobs outside the Oil and Gas industry;
3. Invest fortnightly in Index Fund. Automated payments into Vanguard index fund;
4. Invest twice into LIC fund. Invest into LIC for yourself and Em every 16 weeks into LIC fund.
5. Buy first home. Contact Metropole and engage them to help purchase first home to be a future investment property, do not get bogged down in the emotion and ensure that the property makes financial/investment first; and
6. Improve money management skills. Conduct fortnightly weekly expenses check on bank balance and keep track of all spending to ensure saving targets are met.