2022 by the Numbers
I might describe two thousand and twenty-two as like being piñata: we all kept hitting it hoping something good would fall out, but instead finding the contents to be the most mixed of metaphorical bags.
I found myself splitting time between home and the “office” (whatever that is anymore), traveling more than I might have expected at the outset of the year, and things kind-of starting to feel normal again. The end of the year feels as topsy-turvy as the start, but also perhaps opened the door to a particular reset that I’ve only dreamt about.
There was also plenty of reading, writing, tv, movies, bike riding, Riso print making, walks with Maple, family dinners, basketball practices and games — and yet more COVID booster shots too. Despite having to fully re-integrate time in-office back into routines, I’ve continued to pursue a healthier balance of work/life throughout which ultimately may be the great achievement of the year.
164
Days at home
400
Coffees
6
Haircuts
119
Notebook entries
2
Kickstarters backed
Footnotes
- COVID finally got me in November 2022. Thankfully it was a fairly mild case all things considered. ↩
- I slowed down adding books to the Design Library this year to instead focus on back-end things that I wanted to get to a better place such as the first version of detail views. ↩
- I officially beat my Goodreads challenge of 35 books in 2022 by just 1, but the truth is I also re-read a few books throughout the year that I didn’t include in that list. ↩
- My tea consumption was down 11% compared to 2021. I suspect this is at least partly related to travel. ↩
- I watched considerably more movies this past year than in 2021 — 32% more to be exact. I definitely went to the actual theatre more times this year. I saw The Batman twice, but the highlights of the year were the bizarre Brian and Charles and of course Everything Everywhere All at Once. ↩
- Apparently I produced fewer Riso prints this year than in 2021, but that might also be related to the work I did to tune up the machine so I was producing less waste in the process. ↩
- Commits to the git repo for this site were up over 440% from the previous year. Yowza. ↩
- I was biking outdoors considerably less this year — only 62% of the previous years’ total miles, but made up for that by more than 2.5 times the amount spent on my bike in stationary mode. ↩
- My knees and ankles were not so keen on running, so this fell by the wayside early in the year. Total miles run is only 2% of my 2021 total distance of 371. I’m ok with this. ↩
- I walked about 10% more compared to 2021 with around 270,000 additional steps. Having places to go like the office and traveling are the likely contributors to the increase. ↩
- I’ve cut back on magazine subscriptions as I’ve just not had the time to read them, though I’ve kept Pressing Matters and Communication Arts. The latter is now a digital-only subscription though. ↩
- This over 400% increase of was definitely tied to the Hello, World project I completed this year despite the majority of those Polaroids not making the actual cut in the final work itself. ↩
- A minor increase. My feelings about VR meetings hasn’t changed: they still suck donkey balls. ↩
- A decent uptick of 166% compared to 2021. I attribute this to two main things: an intentional aim to host my own content, and also from starting to highlight some of my favorite new type releases throughout the year. ↩
- Per the above, my use of Instagram as a sharing platform shrank further — 7 posts compared to 24 in the main feed over the course of the year. Might end up with zero in 2023 at this rate. ↩