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This is a post about reflecting 2017 and plans for 2018.

I will share some stats and plans.

This is to make my 2018 plans public (refer to #4 in this Forbes article) so that I can stick to them.

A look back at 2017

Here are the three things I've tracked and accomplished in 2017.

Weight

I've lost 12.34lbs from 1/1~12/31/2017.

It was down 17lbs at one point but gained 5lbs during vacation as you can see in the graph.

The way I lost weight by lowering my calorie intake by tracking what I ate.

Books

I read 87 books.

This is about 40 books less compared to 2016, but it is because I started reading online Korean novels (Munpia) heavily and don't track it.

I track books read on GoodReads but half of books I read are in Korean, which are not found there so I have my own GoogleSheet to track them all.

this.Blog

I've been writing somewhat consistently over the year and was able to write 1 blog per week on the average.

Monthly active user count increased from 5 to 500+.

Going forward in 2018 - Plans

Technical - Front-end

I will focus on Front-end development.

Here are a few front-end technologies to learn.

React & React Native Vue VanillaJS - Both Object-oriented and Functional. Apollo

Technical - Back-end

I will learn ELK (ElasticSearch, LogStash, and Kibana) stack aka the Elastic Stack to deploy it at work so that I can build skills for my long term goal (Docker & AWS/Azure are on my list as well).

Another thing that intrigued me was cryptocurrency related technologies such as Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, and IOTA. I don't have enough information on cryptocurrency but it's one of the potential area I'd like to explore.

Technical - Contributions

More open source contribution with a new mindset. After participating in Hacktoberfest 2017, I was exposed to open source contribution.

Getting involved in technical meetups.

Tracking

It's time to spread good habit (weight tracking) into other areas (I forgot which book this was from).

Technical - Tracking progresses mentioned above.

- Tracking progresses mentioned above. Money - Create a Google Sheet to track every penny spent.

Miscellaneous

Shawn (@swyx) has pointed out (Teach to Learn) how teaching helps one to learn. I thought that teaching others by telling stories would be a good idea. (Wrote a story about Webpack but I plan to do more of it).

Lesson Learned and To Do

One thing I learned in 2017 was that being consistent (blog) and tracking (weight) pays off.

I will focus on tracking everything this year and constantly reflect on my progresses and enjoy the process.