2020 Recap: 2021, Comeback Season or Die
Since Facebook decided to discontinue the "Notes" app, here's to trying a new medium for the yearly goals and recap. *cheers* to Bibs for the tradition. I'll be curious to see how/if he chooses to continue the tradition due to this new development 🤔.
Mannnnn, what can't we say about 2020? Everything that COULD go wrong WENT wrong in 2020, and to be honest we aren't out of the woods yet. We lost so many beloved people from our celebrity universe so quickly throughout 2020, and some of the people we lost are just so shocking that words can't even begin to state how impactful they were and how much they will be missed. Much love and peace to anyone else we lost that may not be a "celebrity", but they are a celebrity/superhero to us/you 🙏🏾; but I digress.
COVID-19 certainly derailed 2020 and will likely leave it's mark well into 2022. I'm going to try to keep this recap short. Normally I liked to go into great detail, but these days I'm not about wasting time, and ensuring that everything I say and do is intentional. Long story short, I experienced my first heartbreak in my life and learned a lot of lessons and things about myself that will allow me to grow moving forward. I reflected and realized that love/relationships may not be in the cards for what the Universe has in my storybook, and I'm ok with that. I won't go into much detail, but I've never felt like everyone else and I've always known that I was put here for something much bigger than myself.
I've been away from the public eye for awhile now fighting my own demons and curses; or as I wrote in some bars right before writing this, "(In) Luigi's mansion, all these demons and spirits, and curses/Always smiling, but thoughts of dyin' were always lurkin". I've only been reachable via email or phone call for about half a year now, and I must say that I've never felt freer. Social media has been disconnected 24 hours a day during that time, but I'm considering popping into twitter every now and again because it truly does give me life, bring genuine laughter, happiness and smiles. In all honesty, I think I'll be gone permanently... but we'll see.
Anyhow, that's enough of that. Let's looks at the goals from 2020 and how each one turned out.
Financial:
• Reduce/Limit eating out at restaurants cost to a maximum of $2020 for the year. ✅
• [UPDATE]: Due to COVID-19 the limit has been increased to $3000, but I still believe I will be well beneath that number. Going to try to stick as close as possible to the $2020 number.✅
• Reduce student loan debt by 10-12K✅
Covid and a healthy lifestyle change came in the clutch and I managed to only spend about ~$3000 on eating food outside the house this year. In 2019 I spent $7600 so......there's that lol 😳. I managed to drop my overall debt by $17.5K and my student loan debt by about $13.7K.
Health & Fitness:
• Drop weight from 205 to 195 (190 if really pushing)✅
• Increase Bench Max to 200 (This is a stretch, so I'll accept 180-195 since it's been awhile since I've actually done HIT training and I'm basically starting at 0)✅
• [UPDATE]: Due to COVID-19, the gyms have been closed and certainly aren't the best place to go to after reopening if you want to avoid the virus. So this goal will be removed.
• Get the abs back on point✅
• [UPDATE]: More specifically, reduce body fat percentage to a range between 18%-20%. Currently registering at 23%✅
I went crazy on the finance and weight loss in 2020. I thought COVID-19 would drastically impact the health and fitness goals, but heartbreak can push you through so many things you thought weren't plausible. Things I deprecated from the list, still got accomplished using that energy as a fuel. As I always say, the flesh is weak, but the mind is strong”. I dropped from 228 to 180 lbs. from May to Nov. I dropped it from the list, but the first day back in the gym I knocked out 205 lbs. on bench and I was hella shocked 😮. I got the abs back on point and I'm still carving them out as I went from 23% body fat to 11.5%.
Entertainment:
• Watch 40-50 shows/movies/documentaries/anime cutting visual list to 50 remaining items.✅
Rona definitely made this goal a lot easier. I knocked out 50 TV Shows, 50 Movies, 47 Anime and 2 documentaries for a total of 149 items watched.
Travel:
• Travel to a new state AND new country/new city in a previously visited country.
• Link up with Bibs (or else lol 😅)
[UPDATE]: Due to COVID-19 these goals have been pushed to 2021 or post COVID-19 whichever seems safer.
I meannnn this is obvious, as we all know this didn't happen lol. When things get back to a manageable range we'll revisit these goals. Until that time, these travel plans will be postponed. I did see some people had their closest friends quarantine for a while and then surprise them with a trip to a private island. Maybe we can get something like that going 🤣😉😝.
I've been really disconnected from humanity the last half of the year, and I realized that almost all of my interactions with humans/people have been empty. I also realized that I've just been "existing" for 28 years of life as a robot, and during that time I've only experienced genuine happiness 3 times. That's truly a wild thought.
As with every other year, 2021 has it's own motto. 2019 was "#GetTheBag2019", 2020 was "#StopClownin2020, and 2021 will be "2021 Comeback or Die".
That just about does it for the 2020 Recap.