I’m a data guy, so I decided to drop some numbers in a post. I did this last year, so this one includes a few comparison points.
Music
From Spotify Wrapped with the 2022 numbers in parens:
- 36952 minutes (30135, up 23%)
- 1668 artists
(1440, up 16%)
- 75 genres
(68 in 2022, up about 10%)
- 3809 songs
(2946, up 29%)
- Top Songs: Something in the Orange, 3×5, Sun to Me, Look At Us Now, Joy of My Life
- Top Artists: John Mayer, Zach Bryan, Chris Stapleton, U2, The Beatles
- Top day, 491 minutes on Sept 2, I was working in Cambridge before the DevOps Tour
Music is something I like, and I listen often. Travel had me upping the listening this year. I also listened to a lot more country, and learned some songs on the guitar.
Writing and Speaking
It’s my job. A few stats, 2022 in parens:
- Editorials written – 141 (151)
- Coping Tips – 61 (257)
- Speaking sessions delivered: 30 (34)
- Events: 24 (19)
- Blog views – 61,000 (74,000+
)
- Blog Posts: 393
- Visitors: 44,000 (55,000+)
Workouts
Taking care of my health is important to me. I’ve always exercised regularly, and at one point I ran every day of the year for a few years. I’ve relaxed a bit, and settled into more of a routine. I miss a few days and I don’t stress about it, but I make my best effort to work by body a bit most days.
Stats from 2022. I might have missed some, but these are the gross totals. This adds up to more than 365 since I do two things some days. A lot of weight days have cycling or walking or something as a warm-up
- Yoga: 79 (92)
- Cycling 71 (indoor and outdoor): (84
)
- Weights 52 (63)
- Walking 21 (20)
- Elliptical: 14 (22)
- Swimming: 7 (7
)
- Cardio classes: 1 (2)
- Rowing: 27 (2)
Total workout days: 272
The total days is still low for me. My aim is 75% of the days, but I spent way too much time on the road with travel and missed working out some of those days.
Driving
I don’t know exactly how much I drove, but the Tesla give me some stats and I’ve been tracking a few. For the Tesla, show about 17k miles this year, which is mostly me. For all the times my wife might drive (or the kids), likely I put miles on the X5 or Suburban (or a few in the Ram 3500), so this is not a bad set of mileage for me.
I also got to drive in two countries and a few states. Rough stats:
- Miles driven 17,000
- Countries: 2 (US and Portugal)
- States: 5 (Colorado, New York, California, Florida, Nevada)
- Top driving locations from the Tesla: Lifetime Fitness (135), Safeway (98), and a local gas station (89). Yes, I have a diet soda addiction.
Reading
I spend a lot of time reading books. They are an escape for me from life, and a way to improve myself. In 2022, I finished
- 104 books
- 35000+ pages
- Avg. screen time on Kindle app for Dec: 10 hours/week