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