Year in Review 2024

Here are my achievements in the year 2024.

Learned to swim this year. It takes a lot of work to learn new skills in your mid-life.

The top 3% of the Duolingo Spanish learners, have close to 50 hours of learning.

90 percentile in the Chess.com app

More than 25 blog posts and close to 14K hits on the blog overall.

More than 2 blood donations and some level of volunteering activity in the community.

Ran more than 1100 Kilometers (725 miles) for the year, close to the definition of a "serious runner"

  • Serious runners: More dedicated runners often aim for 1000 miles or more per year. 

    • I read over 56 books for the year, so I consider myself a "Serious reader".

  • Serious reader: A "bookworm" is considered someone who reads significantly more than the average, often reaching 50 or more books per year.

    • Delivered some phenomenal platform K8s capabilities impacting Fortune 1 company.

    Delivered round tables and speeches for MBA class.

    Books read in 2024





    Blogposts in 2024:



    Total Blog hits overall and in the year 2024:



    Spanish learning in 2024:


    Runs in 2024 and overall:






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